Jimmy Kimmel Quotes

When a writer tries to copy another writer, it's doomed to fail.

And I don't want people to think that I make movies based on other films.

I don't think anybody came into the movie business to be unoriginal and plagiarising and not having an original idea in their brain.

We call ourselves creators and we just copy.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.

I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.'

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

I don't want nobody to ever say, 'I coulda done that beat' or 'I know where you got that from.'

It's pretty rare that something I've written is close to something that's pre-existed.

Inspiration is one thing. Stealing is another.

Copying is a form of self-validation.

In many senses, creativity and 'plagiarism' are nearly indivisible.

Are you copying others? People won't pay extra for that. You won't be followed for that.

I hate it when people just downright copy. I hate it.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.

Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.

I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

Well, you might as well imitate your own program because if you don't, someone else will.

Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.