Every time you work, it's a new film, and generally when you work with auteurs, people that write and direct their films, there's always an originality.
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
In this world, one thing you should definitely strive for is originality. Just be who you are, and be your own person. That's what will make you stand out.
I think it's a great document of John Stevens' originality. At that time he was already much more fully formed in his conception than I was. I was sort of struggling to keep up, and sometimes it's pretty obvious.
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world.
Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.
As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.
Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.
I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.
There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with.
Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it with as much originality as you can, and don't skimp on the words. Work on the words.
Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
I rallied all the youth around me, all the people who liked Compa, but felt like it was dying, going away, being replaced with Zouk. So it became a movement. So, through the years, I've played my music with dedication, discipline and originality, and controversy also.
I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.
Studios are often very nervous of things they don't recognize, by which I mean things that haven't been done before, and therefore, they take a really original idea, and they recognize the originality, and then they try and make it look like something they recognize. So they try to turn it into something far more procedural.
From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.
The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.
