tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4022512699663866008..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Writing: is it theft? by Savita KalhanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43255747155909830772014-10-06T22:28:16.510+01:002014-10-06T22:28:16.510+01:00Non writers do seem obsessed with 'ideas' ...Non writers do seem obsessed with 'ideas' don't they? They don't seem to realise that ideas throw themselves at a writer, and it's pinning them down that's the difficult thing...Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22813277913011935652014-10-06T11:05:21.068+01:002014-10-06T11:05:21.068+01:00There's a beautiful example of outright steali...There's a beautiful example of outright stealing (with permission) in the music field. See http://www.opsound.org/artist/colinmutchler/ two people who have never met, producing the most wonderful collaboration.<br /><br />And something maybe a little more scurrilous, but still used to create something wonderful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEKg9qyEQmwRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53635869494441137122014-10-06T10:35:50.284+01:002014-10-06T10:35:50.284+01:00We don't want originality. We just want the tr...We don't want originality. We just want the truth.<br /><br /><br />("YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!!")Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32221667941228310502014-10-05T11:44:38.624+01:002014-10-05T11:44:38.624+01:00I like John Dryden's version (because of cours...I like John Dryden's version (because of course Eliot wasn't being original!) when describing Ben Jonson's Roman plays which draw freely on classical writers:<br /><br />"But he has done his Robberies so openly, that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any Law. He invades Authors like a Monarch, and what would be theft in other Poets, is only victory in him."Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-3520798669536666992014-10-05T11:35:20.985+01:002014-10-05T11:35:20.985+01:00Wishing your words well, Savita.Wishing your words well, Savita.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-8129702019803121642014-10-05T11:00:37.880+01:002014-10-05T11:00:37.880+01:00I want a tropical island hideaway!I want a tropical island hideaway!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80933389369477863142014-10-05T09:52:30.850+01:002014-10-05T09:52:30.850+01:00Great writers steal, perhaps, but it's the giv...Great writers steal, perhaps, but it's the giving back that makes them great.DavidKThorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04215770376688861114noreply@blogger.com