Bad thing Quote by Poppy Z. Brite

Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and…

— William Zinsser

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

In undergraduate classes, I often see writers who are still simply imitating. I mean, we all imitate - that's how we learn to speak…

— Leni Zumas

The original writer is not he who does not imitate others, but he who can be imitated by none

— Anonymous

Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso…

— William Zinsser

A writers desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he'll start by imitating whatever he's read, which usually…

— Northrop Frye

When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You…

— Ira Glass

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.

— Thomas Perry

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

If you are going to be a character for the long-term you can't just imitate, you have to bring yourself to it.

— Russi Taylor

There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original,

— Paris Hilton

No writer can be fully convicted of imitation except there is a concurrence of more resemblance than can be imagined to have happened by…

— Samuel Johnson