The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.
The sad thing is that when movies like this fail, executives think that proves there's no audience for unusual, original pictures - because they think they've made one.
I feel like the original 'Mad Max' created such a vivid world, that to go back and re-imagine it and kind of replay in that sandbox sounds like fun to me.
Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics.
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.
My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.
Those who say there are no more original ideas need to get out of the way of those of us who are creating them.
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information.
This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people.
I originated my own cliches, but I'm finding that's not working for me anymore.
The part in 'Taxi' was originally written for a guy named Phil Ryan, so they made it Phil Banta, and then they made it Tony Banta, which sounded a lot better anyway.
No, originally I thought that writing articles would keep me from having to see a psychiatrist, but I became even more depressed as a result.
I'm buying records a lot, like, every week I'm just buying old reissues or old originals or new records that I have heard about.
As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up.
I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.
What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.
My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
