How To Be Original

You can’t.

“There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.”

‘Twas Twain that made this observation (albeit he was certainly not the first, according to his theory), and for me his words ring loud and true.