"At school any spontaneous act was likely to get me into trouble. I learned never to act on impulse, and that whatever came into my mind first should be rejected in favour of better ideas. I learned that my imagination Wasnâ€™t â€˜goodâ€™ enough. I learned that the first idea wasÂ unsatisfactory because it was (1) psychotic; (2) obscene; (3) unoriginal.Â The truth is that the best ideas are often psychotic, obscene and unoriginal."

Source : Keith Johnstone (2017). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.82, Bloomsbury Publishing

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