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Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Narnia author C.S. LEWIS on not giving tuppence about being original

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No man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
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2 comments on “Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Narnia author C.S. LEWIS on not giving tuppence about being original

  1. creativityorcrazy
    July 21, 2013
    creativityorcrazy's avatar

    That actually makes a whole lot of sense… 🙂

  2. bridget whelan
    July 21, 2013
    bridget whelan's avatar

    Rather like the idea of not striving after originality but getting there anyway because you’re being true to yourself, although sometimes that can be hard to define…or at least it is easy to get muddled about.

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