keith johnstone quotes

Bore the sudience a little.

Go on stage to make relationships- at least you won't be alone.

Be average.

Be obvious.

We've been told to 'do our best' since childhood- and what did that achieve? Words get used up, lose their power to make us act in the way we want to act. Even my parrotting these phrases- which are still potent- reduces them a little.

Keith's talent (he has recently died but his books on impro are all available) was to say the opposite of the prevailing wisdom- to point out that chink which had been missed. He also showed that contradictory advice could be very functionally helpful.