Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould Quotes

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

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

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.

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

Inspiration is one thing. Stealing is another.

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

Blake is damned good to steal from.

I got everything from someone. Nobody can be original.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.

I'd rather do my own performance than copy someone else's.

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.'

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

The 'copy, paste' mentality of some investors and entrepreneurs - be careful of that. Do something that is unique to you, not because someone else's journey is mirroring it.

I think anything created today can be said to be a ripoff. It's hard to find anything original any more.

Existing is plagiarism.

No one is original. Everyone is derivative.