328 Quotes by John Cleese

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries

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

If you really don't know where to start or if you're stuck, start generating random connections and allow your intuition to tell you if one might lead somewhere interesting.

You go in and meet the head of BBC One and get an assurance about not dumbing down. And then, of course a few months later, he's been replaced by someone you haven't met.

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.

There's nothing good on the television; let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.

When you’re being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries.