Quotes About Originality

What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.

We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.

You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

Preaching is the most original thing I've ever done. There's nothing familiar about it. You have to be brave.

Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.

Literature precedes genre.

I construct myself and do things how I want to do them, because your artistry is a very precious thing - it's ultimately your whole life if you want it to be.

Some of the best ideas come from sheer discovery, and not by some masterminded, preconceived genius.

I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.

I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.

A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.

Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know?

We're so bored of plastic, prime-time predictability.

A book's flaws make it less predictable.

Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time.

When audience expect only humorous roles from me, my roles will become cliche and predictable.

My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.

I prefer writing originals.

I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

I really preferred the characters I could totally create by myself, because I always think of myself as an actor first.

Nobody owns comedy. Nobody owns a premise. Nobody owns an idea.

I don't prepare myself for any character unless it is really different.