John Cleese Quotes About Mistakes

Quotes about: Mistakes

• Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

  John Cleese

  Music, Mistake, Creative

• ...when you collaborate with someone else on something creative, you get to places that you would never get to on your own. The way an idea builds as it careens back and forth between good writers is so unpredictable. Sometimes it depends on people misunderstanding each other, and that's why I don't think there's any such thing as a mistake in the creative process. You never know where it might lead.

  John Cleese

  Mistake, Thinking, Ideas

• While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough.

  John Cleese

  Mistake, Creative, May

• Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take in front of the audience that you're going to do it again afterwards. A minute after you finish, you just go and do it again. So, there's that sort of safety net. And then if you made a little mistake or two, they'll go pick it up, so there's nothing to worry about.

  John Cleese

  Mistake, Two, Safety

  Interview with Tracy Smith, www.cbsnews.com. October 25, 2015.

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