Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person wo…

- Keith Johnstone

None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public.

- Keith Johnstone

Imagination is as effortless as perception, unless we think it might be ‘wrong’, which is what our education encourages us to believe.

- Keith Johnstone

If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

- Keith Johnstone

The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partner’s imagination.

- Keith Johnstone

Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied chil…

- Keith Johnstone

The best laughs are on the recognition of truth.

- Keith Johnstone

Suppose Mozart had tried to be original? It would have been like a man at the North Pole trying to walk north, and this is true of all of the rest of…

- Keith Johnstone

In a scene [where the improvisers must interact] without the letter S, the audience is waiting for you to lose - so they can laugh at you. Don't try …

- Keith Johnstone