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title: "10 Mash up Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Mash up quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Mash up sayings and thoughts."
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> [Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/kim-newman-s-anno-dracula-is-back-in-print-and-we-must-celebrate-it/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-lazar/what-s-invaluable-about-actually-going-to-the-places-you-want-to/)

[Zachary Lazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-lazar/)

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> [People might think you can turn creativity on and off, but it's not like that. It just kind of comes out. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-stefani/people-might-think-you-can-turn-creativity-on-and-off-but-it-s-not/)

[Gwen Stefani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-stefani/)

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> [But lots of people do parody now. The whole mash-up thing that's so prevalent now was starting in the 80's when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-sikoryak/but-lots-of-people-do-parody-now-the-whole-mash-up-thing-that-s-so/)

[Robert Sikoryak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-sikoryak/)

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> [The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a farcical fictional meditation on female beauty structured as a mash-up of an old episode of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-corrigan/the-unfortunate-importance-of-beauty-is-a-farcical-fictional/)

[Maureen Corrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-corrigan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/maureen-corrigan-30260_beauty_the-unfortunate-importance-of-beauty-is_699470.jpg)

> [Albert Murray's The Omni-Americans is the most valuable non-business book because it discusses how you have to draw upon everyone's creativity. America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir-sehgal/albert-murray-s-the-omni-americans-is-the-most-valuable-non-business/)

[Kabir Sehgal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir-sehgal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/kabir-sehgal-18015_america_albert-murray-s-the-omni-americans-is-th_666849.jpg)

> [I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-antin/i-actually-had-a-movie-green-lit-at-disney-the-same-week-burlesque/)

[Steve Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-antin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/steve-antin-28481_about_i-actually-had-a-movie-green-lit-at-disn_1350095.jpg)

> [No race or civilization of people are just going to say, "Oh, instead of using real meat, let's just mash up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-fairfield/no-race-or-civilization-of-people-are-just-going-to-say-oh-instead-of/)

[Frank Fairfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-fairfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/frank-fairfield-23392_bunch_no-race-or-civilization-of-people-are-ju_1173369.jpg)

> [I think readers nowadays are happy to have genres blurred. We're seeing that on screen too: The Pirates of the Caribbean mashes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colette-freedman/i-think-readers-nowadays-are-happy-to-have-genres-blurred-we-re/)

[Colette Freedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colette-freedman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/colette-freedman-48369_aliens_i-think-readers-nowadays-are-happy-to-ha_1288258.jpg)

> [So I get all the references and I totally get the humor and it's really fun. This - it's kind of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-elizabeth-winstead/so-i-get-all-the-references-and-i-totally-get-the-humor-and-it-s/)

[Mary Elizabeth Winstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-elizabeth-winstead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4d/mary-elizabeth-winstead-6801_action_so-i-get-all-the-references-and-i-totall_267156.jpg)

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