From Canada's Theatre Museum's 2017 interview (by Rebecca Northan) with Keith Johnstone (1933-2023), in response to the question, "Do you have advice for the next generation of Improvisers?", Johnstone's reply:

... Please, please try and be truthful and good-natured for God's sake, and stop being so damn competitive! Be average please — because I want your best work, and you can't get your best work when you try and do your best.

Try to do anything wonderfully well — go out and watch the sunset and write a great poem about it? No! Go write an average poem about it, and you have some hope for getting something good! ...

_{(cf Impro (2012-11-10), Yes, and... (2012-11-14), Keith Johnstone Improv Quotes (2013-12-26), Don't Do Your Best (2023-09-10), ...) - ^z - 2023-06-28}