Once We've Made A Decision, We Are

Michael Palin Decided To Give Up On His Considerable Comedy Talents To Make Those Dreadfully Tedious Travel Shows. Have You Ever Tried To Watch One?

English Television From The Fifties To The Nineties Was The Least Bad In The World, And Now It's Just As Bad As It Is Anywhere.

I Think It Takes A Long Time, As You Get Older, To Realize Just How Crazy The World Is, Just How Ridiculous It All Is.

If You Are Leaping A Ravine, The Moment Of Takeoff Is A Bad Time For Considering Alternative Strategies... Do It In The 'closed' Mode. But The Moment The Action Is Over, Try To Return To The 'open' Mode... Because In That Mode We Are The Most Aware, Most Receptive, Most Creative, And Therefore At Our Most Intelligent.

The Open Mode Is A Mood In Which Curiosity For Its Own Sake Can Operate, Because We're Not Under Pressure To Get A Specific Thing Done Properly. We Can Play.