The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none.
Original Quotes
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
There are two kinds of men who never amount to very much: Those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.
Originality consists in thinking for yourself, and not in thinking unlike other people.
There is nothing mysterious about originality, nothing fantastic. Originality is merely the step beyond.
Though old the thought and oft exprest’ ’tis his at last who says it best.
The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also the most difficult task.
Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
