10 Quotes by John Cleese about writing
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It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
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Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.
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I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.
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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
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Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!
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I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.
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I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.
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Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.
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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.
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