John Cleese is a comedian, actor, writer and producer. His many achievements include being a founding member of the iconic comedy troupe Monty Python and co-writing and staring in Fawlty Towers. His book, Creativity: A short and cheerful guide, provides a glimpse into the mind of this creative genius.
Here’s one story John shares. If I wrote a sketch by myself in the evening, I'd often get stuck, and would sit there at my little desk, cudgeling my brains. Eventually I'd give up and go to bed. In the morning I’d wake up and make myself a cup of coffee. Then I'd drift over to the desk. Almost immediately, the solution to the problem I'd been wrestling with the previous evening became quite obvious to me! So obvious that I couldn't really understand why I hadn't spotted it the night before. But I hadn't.
John Cleese said, Learning from something or someone you admire is not stealing. So, I have permission to share a few of his ideas.