#original

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#novelty #originality #sincerity

I'm the original take-orders girl. ↗

— Judy Garland

#i #original

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#difficult #difficult task #himself #his #like

If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more. ↗

— Brad Bird

#any #anyone #astonished #because #come

I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel? ↗

— Don Bluth

#cannot #claim #enthusiasm #explain #i

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#original #passion #proportionate #resistance #woman

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear. ↗

— John James Audubon

#beautiful #did #drawings #more #originals

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film. ↗

— Bille August

#amputated #considers #fanny #film #his

There is no original truth, only original error. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#only #original #truth

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#deep #ending #final #had #helm