Quotes about Improvisation

Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.

It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

It takes three weeks to prepare a good ad-lib speech.

Getting caught is the mother of invention.

That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.

To invent something, all you need is imagination and a big pile of junk.

He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next

There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.

When life throws you lemons, make orange juice. It will leave them wondering how the hell you did that.