An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
Self-plagiarism is style.
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.