What did Robert Silverberg mean by: Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been. Robert Silverberg Author · USA Copy
+ Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing’s unthinkable once somebody’s thought it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Silverberg, Acceptance, Influence, Possibility, 0 Robert Silverberg Author · USA
+ Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Silverberg, Future, Inevitability, Present, 0 Robert Silverberg Author · USA
+ Men of great spirit are at high risk at a time when small souls rule the world. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Silverberg, Power, Risk, Spirit, 0 Robert Silverberg Author · USA
+ One defining symptom of decadence is a fondness for vast and nonsensical extravagance. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Silverberg, Decadence, Extravagance, Symptom, 0 Robert Silverberg Author · USA
+ Living, we fret. Dying, we live. I’ll keep that in mind. I’ll be of good cheer. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Robert Silverberg, Death, Life, Optimism, 0 Robert Silverberg Author · USA
Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original. Lukas Foss Composer · Germany
I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born. Read explanation Jeff Kinney Author · USA
The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
