This book offers much insight to meisner's technique and his own teaching style, as it is given directly by him. Because it's written as a third-person master class, it isn't very direct at times, but the benefits of this book greatly outweigh that. I particularly liked that Meisner includes brief personal moments and thoughts from his life outside the classroom in every chapter and you can truly see how he feels about each student's progress. I also feel this book is a very good companion to the DVD "Sanford Meisner Master Class." I wouldn't recommend this to someone completely new to the Meisner technique, but it is very helpful to those who want to look farther into it.