"The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partnerâ€™s imagination."

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Source : Keith Johnstone (1981). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.93, Routledge

Keith Johnstone

#Lying Quotes #Skills Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Guns are our friends because in a country without guns, I'm what's known as "prey." All females are.”
“Winning isn't everything. Wanting to is.”
“We thus find ourselves in the situation that the entire theory of man-made global warming-with its repercussions in science, and its important consequences for politics and the global economy-is based on ice core studies that provided a false picture of the atmospheric CO2 levels.”
“How can you measure acting in inches?!?”
“What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the ***** crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'”
“We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.”

Source : "The queen of crime". Interview with Louise France, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2009.
“â€Ž"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.”
“No family should have to endure the loss of a loved one at the hands of a previously convicted violent criminal.”

Source : "Niecy Nash "Deeply Saddened" After Brother's Killer Is Charged With Murdering His Wife" by Natalie Finn, www.eonline.com. September 17, 2012.

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