Quotes About Originality

Lil Yachty is opening up that lane of being a black weirdo.

I think I do myself a disservice by comparing myself to Steve Jobs and Walt Disney and human beings that we've seen before. It should be more like Willy Wonka... and welcome to my chocolate factory.

I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is 'Characters Welcome' and not 'Procedurals Welcome.'

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.

I welcome someone who is willing to march to the beat of his own drum - to hell with the haters.

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.

Well, to be frank I like natural beauty. Not artificial.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

I get excited to create things that don't exist in the same world as 'Hamilton' because that world is really well done and doesn't need me to inform it anymore.

The truth is I'm not actually an expert programmer! I really don't consider myself to be an expert at anything. For me, it's more about having a well-rounded and broad horizon. I think that's where a lot of the more interesting things come from - mashing up completely disparate aspects of life to create something new and original.

Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or Leeds or Welsh or Irish.

Kanye West is my favorite artist.

We don't sign an artist to fill a void, ever. I'll never find a Taylor Swift. You can't find a new Madonna, you cannot find a Prince, a Bob Marley, a John Lennon. You won't find another Kanye West. We simply deal with people as they walk in, and we say we either love them or we don't.

I was the first judge in the 'Indian Idol' format. The biggest risk when you adapt a format from a country in the West is how to make it your own, so I remember at the press conference for Indian 'X Factor,' the press would ask, 'Who is Simon Cowell?' And I said 'Why don't you ask Simon Cowell, 'Who is Sonu Nigam?'

People in the West want to hear Indian melody, not someone who is aping the West.

Following the West is not surrendering. Following the West, the best of the West, is following originality.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

You can't make just foot-tapping numbers or take inspiration from Western music. Such songs won't work.

What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

There was a lot of great writing couples, but I try to do it all myself. And it was practically impossible, but I still managed to be ahead of my time.