Derivative Quotes

Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around.

I really enjoyed the sort of real crazy, eclectic layering stuff and how it all worked together. I could tell it was some of it was derivative of something. I could tell that certain things were being looped around and I just really enjoyed the way that it all came together.

It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else.

Typically when you look at business class seating, the sleep position is a derivative of the sitting position -- it always keeps you in cradle position. What we're trying to accommodate is a number of different sleeping patterns during a 14-hour flight -- on your side, on your back, on your stomach or moving around between positions.

newfound interest in science is a derivative of his longing to travel back in time and run a cohesive campaign.

The question is, Does GM, as master of the process, own the derivative work?