I'm a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity and out of curiosity comes everything.
Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don't bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to."
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
If the stuff you're writing is not for yourself, it won't work.
We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it.