Quotes About Originality

I don't want to design something that everybody else would do. I want to design something that's bigger or better or funnier or more beautiful.

What I try to do is always get the newest, funniest people in anything.

You don't need a high concept to make a great film, of course. 'Withnail & I' is not - it's probably not much on paper, but it's one of the funniest films ever made.

even my different drummer heard a different drummer

What a strange mind, to cover the real thing with an imitation of something real.

Authentic funkiness mean never trying to hard -Janie

Sometimes she wore Levi's with white-suede fringe sewn down the legs and a feathered Indian headdress, sometimes old fifties' taffeta dresses covered with poetry written in glitter, or dresses made of kids' sheets printed with pink piglets or Disney characters.

Imagine a world full of Elizabeth Wakefields,' Lila said. 'Could you imagine a duller, more predictable place? I think I'd go crazy.

Only something we all know but don't always remember—'Know yourself.' And don't try to be anyone else." "OK!

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

Good authors worry about genres great authors don't.

Madness in method, that's genius

Madness in method, that is genius.

Ove Malkyjeve rije?i, kao i mnoge druge stvari koje mi je izravno pisao, navode na zaklju?ak da je gospodar Leto uvijek u potrazi za novinom i izvornoš?u, ali je i oprezan zbog razorne mo?i skrivene u takvim stvarima.

Imitation is always insult--not flattery.

Progress demands deviation from the norm.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion.

Don't bend, don't water it down: don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Franz Kafka

I think a lot of brands are scared to put out wild shades, but I love that.

I'm wildly different than Maria Bamford or Sarah Silverman, and might be more similar to some male comics.

When I think about 'Since U Been Gone,' I think the first thing that comes to mind is 'Livin' On A Prayer' - they're kind of like sisters, a little bit. And 'Call Me Maybe' was so wildly original, and so quirky, and so satisfying.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

In writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars,' I had the freedom to go beyond the original script and add asides, soliloquys and even new scenes. The main characters all get a soliloquy or two - or in Luke's case, several.

I'm not trying to emulate William Faulkner. I never said I was.