John Cleese Quotes About Writing

• Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Creativity, Way

• Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.

  John Cleese

  Writing, People, Laughing

• Cuando el público objetivo son los adolescentes estadounidenses, puedes tener problemas. Mi generación valoraba mucho la interpretación y la escritura. A veces hay que volver a los principios básicos que sustentan una gran comedia visual.

  John Cleese

  Teenage, Writing, Kids

• Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the moment when I think of something. And then the challenge is how to get that funny idea to work in terms of the structure and that kind of thing, which is - and that's what I really love doing.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Thinking, Skills

  Fuente: www.abc.net.au

• On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Giving, Actors

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2009.

• Creo que se puede escribir muy buena comedia sin pareja, pero lo que me encanta de trabajar con una pareja es que llegas a lugares a los que nunca llegarías solo. Es como cuando Dios diseñó el mundo y decidió que no podíamos tener hijos sin pareja; era una forma de mezclar los genes para obtener un producto más interesante.

  John Cleese

  Niños, Escritura, Pensamiento

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2009.

• I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Perfect, Want

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2009..

• Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

  John Cleese

  Girl, Writing, Film

• Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most important thing and the most rewarding thing.

  John Cleese

  Escritura, Realidad, Gente

  "Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. October 16, 2015.

• Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Past, Wells

• I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Actors, Performers

  "Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. October 16, 2015.

• I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Mind, Looks

• The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Circles, Important

  "Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. October 16, 2015.

• I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

  John Cleese

  Libro, Escribir, Querer

• As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe we're more likely to give it credence, while the opposite is not true.

  John Cleese

  Believe, Writing, Giving

  Fuente: bigthink.com

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