#original

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ↗

— Josh Billings

#achieve #any #good #good judgment #honestly

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#difficult #difficult task #himself #his #like

If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more. ↗

— Brad Bird

#any #anyone #astonished #because #come

There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#fieldwork #folklore #i #involving #more

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#african american #always #american #another #appalachian

I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#being #came #capable #could #critics

I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel? ↗

— Don Bluth

#cannot #claim #enthusiasm #explain #i

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#buddha #mind #original #real #your

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing. ↗

— Joe Eszterhas

#director #gut #heart #lost #makes

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. ↗

— Norman O. Brown

#i #i am #mine #original #personal