The problem's always been to deal with the fear. Cos the fear is pretty. . . it ruins … - Keith Johnstone

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There never has been a time in our history when work was so abundant or when wages were as high, whether measured by the currency in which they are paid or by their power to supply the necessaries and comforts of life.

Keith Johnstone

The problem's always been to deal with the fear. Cos the fear is pretty. . . it ruins everybody really.

Cos, Deals, Everybody, Pretty, Problem, Ruins

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As I grew up, everything started getting grey and dull. I could still remember the amazing intensity of the world I'd lived in as a child, but I thought the dulling of perception was an inevitable consequence of age - just as a lens of the eye is bound gradually to dim. I didn't understand that clarity is in the mind.

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If it weren't for fear, I wouldn't have to teach you a damn thing

Damn, Damn Things, Fear, Teach, Thing

The improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers.

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Every theatre worth anything has somebody in the middle of it who is driving it; like Joan Littlewood with her theatre.

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I mean, in the foreword to Impro in Denmark is by Søren Iversen, who I taught long ago, he was a Danish director, after he left. He said he'd read about [Eugeny] Vakhtangov. I'm a fan of his. When he heard that Vakhtangov had lots of tricks, he thought this was very bad. But when he came to be my student, he realised it was very good to have a lot of tricks. You saw some this morning.

Came, Long Ago, Mean, Morning, Vakhtangov

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