Creativity Quote by Samuel Johnson

“My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part…

— Samuel Johnson

“Your work is both good and original but the part which is original is not good and the part which is good is not…

— Samuel Johnson

Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come…

— Stanley Unwin

You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.

— Horace

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

Being Original is worth more than a copy.

— Anonymous

I prefer writing originals.

— Tony Gilroy

“A really well-done first draft of a book bares your soul. The purpose of revision is so that everyone who reads the published version…

— James A. Owen

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

— Robert Graves

There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting.

— Louis D. Brandeis

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!

— Michael Crichton

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire