MINNEAPOLIS—John Cleese says his teachers never recognized the creativity that would one day make him among history's greatest comedic writers and actors.
Decades after founding Monty Python's Flying Circus, Cleese told a sold-out Minneapolis audience Friday that he's given a lot of thought to the creative process and now knows why his gift went unseen as a student.
Image: "New ideas are like babies. It's easy to strangle them at birth," John Cleese said. - Mike Ekern | University of St. Thomas