Being true Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances.…

— Anonymous

Stealing is OK as long as it's done well.

— Richard Garriott

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.

— Nina Bawden

Stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar, and whether you take documents, data or dollars.

— Carmen Ortiz

When you steal from somebody, you are saying to them, 'I don't respect how hard you worked for your money.' When somebody steals from…

— Charles Barkley

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

— Wilson Mizner

Art is theft”) and Igor Stravinsky (“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”), I’ve always stolen from the people I admire – not plagiarized, mind…

— Austin Kleon

All writers steal from their own lives.

— Brad Meltzer

Most authors steal their works, or buy.

— Alexander Pope

Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research.

— Walter Moers

I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism - of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of…

— Joseph Epstein