When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. Anatole France
When you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research. Wilson Mizner
The only -ism Hollywood believes in is plagiarism. Dorothy Parker
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism. Dean Inge
Self-plagiarism is style. Alfred Hitchcock
The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals…is the plagiarism of ourself. Marcel Proust
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere. Pablo Casals
I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns. Ella Fitzgerald
Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar. Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Plagiarism is a sort of psychological annihilation and appropriation of the other. It’s very atavistic, in a way. It’s like eating someone’s brain or their heart to take on their qualities. Tobias Wolff
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. Lionel Trilling