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"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"You walk like others? You talk like others? You think like others? Then the world doesn't need you because others are already abundant in the world! Be original!"
"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."
"People who copy you will always be one step behind."
"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
"No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted."
"She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before."
"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels."
"When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality."
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"It's crazy. My life has been full of fun and adventure. but i love meeting people who make me feel like I've done nothing."
"We have enough proof that, at least my generation does, that patriarchy and matriarchy are gender-less roles."
"Falling in love with a writer is a dangerous thing, isn't it? The only thing you get out of it sometimes is immortality."
"No where in 'humpty dumpty' did it say he was an egg. Maybe your inability to think outside of what others have taught you is what's keeping you from putting him together again."
"After every shirt she looks at me and smiles, letting go of air she no longer needs. She laughs after the sweater, knowing I'm gonna tell her it's too hot for it, knowing she'll say it's for the plane and ask "what if the room gets cold?"
"Sometimes, some of you speak about god, and I mistake him for an abusive lover you're trying to escape."
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