As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you have to find a way to tell that story.

I've always felt that really good prequels should be original movies.

It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.

'Sabotage' was a work for hire. It wasn't my original idea or script or anything.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

The way Fatboy Slim layers motifs is the same as 18th-century baroque counterpoint. You have an idea, then you have an answer to the idea in another voice, then you have a counter idea accompanying the original idea, and you build up your texture like that. I'm really into Kruder and Dorfmeister at the moment, and they do the same thing.