How to defend yourself against a banana - John Cleese

The general principle is this: the bigger the leap, the longer the creative period is likely to be.

but now I began to notice odd moments that suggested he was not the brightest lighthouse on the coastline. For instance, he once got very cross during assembly because he felt the boys had become lazy, and so he demanded that every single boy in the school should improve his ranking in class in the course of the next fortnight.

here’s my advice: get your panic in early! The good thing about panic is that it gives you energy.