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"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal from many is research."
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"Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man's sleep."

"If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism. If you steal from two, it's research."

"If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research."

"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal from many is research."
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"People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do."


"You know those things that you throw the twigs into and it spits them out? That's what I do. The branches are like life, and I throw them into my head and some of it comes out as humor."


"I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed reading accident. I hit a book mark and flew across the room."


"I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not trying to be a mirror, showing them what's really going on the world. All I'm trying to do is think of stuff that's funny, just like when I'm kidding around with my friends."


"The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, 'Where the hell is my roof?"


"I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art. That was my first creative thing before guitar or comedy."
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