If you have a good idea that the client doesn’t buy, don’t throw it away. Keep it in a file somewhere. If it’s really a great idea, you’ll find a home for it sometime in your career. Aaron Sorkin’s built an amazing reputation doing just that. Even when his copy’s produced. Works for him.
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Weird glitch. How did our conversation get on this post?
Anyway, we were just having this conversation the other day. Especially pitch ideas, which are often killed and quickly forgotten. Keep them around. Keep all your work organized in some way.
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Reminded me of this thing I saw the other day about Jonah Lehrer ripping himself off. What's the quote? Amateurs borrow, masters steal?
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I always thought it was Picasso who said, “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.” But I usually tell people I was the one who said it first.
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