Creativity? Or copyright infraction?

I will be the first to admit that I'm a sucker for a clever comment. I also will adimt that I have written a number of these kinds of sentences over the years. I was almost addicted to them. I quite possibly still could be addicted to them. I am however, starting to question the originality of these sentences. They seem like they take so much thought and are so well put together when in reality, after you've written a few of them, its like riding a bike. These sentences have grown in value as they can also be used for things like msn names and, yes, even blogs. I'm not saying they're bad, like I said before I quite like them.. My problem is that they trigger a response in people... You are in a sence rewarded and each time perople admire your writing skills. It feels good, and so out come more clever sentences. The only difference now is that, while they originally sparked from a random memory, or an extremely good conversation, they are now manufactured to create more positive responses.... In short you become addicted to the admiration of others for the cleverness that you project. Thank's Pavlov! Ring the bell and people will project unlimited sentences about Muffy the Mouse and a nurses in purple converse.

On a side note I do not know when I started to become so negative... I am usually quite positive. I love hearing/reading something that makes me laugh or that is somewhat original... But I guess the truth is recently I have felt like I have begun to manufacture my sentences, whereas they used to be spontaniously created.. Maybe my little rant (ok no "maybe" really required) is more of a confession about myself and how I want to get back to writing stuff because it happened and not just pulling on strings to attract attention... All of my "clever" lines have had some sort of root, they were never true shams where I simply put up a line to guide people to believe that something false was true... I wouldnt cheat like that.. But I have in the past pulled on strings and emphasized things that wern't emphasizable just to get a response.. Yes a new word was required for that sentence.. So I guess I will continue with the cleaverness (at least in my own eyes) but no more use of sentence sweat shops to creat quality sentences at a quarter of the price... Do I look like Kathy Lee??? ha ha cheap shot I know!