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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

All writers steal. You might as well steal from the best.

I don't tend to be a nitpicker when I'm watching movies, so as long as something is true to the spirit of the original, that's very much what we got for. You try to never do something that the original author wouldn't have done themselves.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

The most valuable writers are those in whom we find not themselves, or ourselves, or the fugitive era of their lifetimes, but the common vision of all times.

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.

Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

The treasure of a writer is to maintain their own style.