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TLDR? Try this:
Can I cut and paste from another source?
No.
What if I cut out a words or change words around?
No.
What if I copy it to my user page or sandbox?
No. In real life you can copy a poem and put it on your wall, but you can't copy the whole chapter or book and lend it to your friends.
Can I copy what I've published elsewhere into Wikipedia?
Usually no.
Why not?
You have to be willing for anybody to use it, anywhere, for anything they want, for free, and
It has to sound like an encyclopedia, not an ad campaign or a short story.
What if I need to quote someone?
It has to be short and stick to the point of the article.
Can I copy from another Wikipedia article?
Yes, and you must
1. put this in your edit summary: "Content in this edit is copied from [[source article]]; see that article's history for attribution." and
2. put {{copied}} on the Talk page of the source article.
What about public domain, royalty-free or open license sites?
Only if they give the same permissions Wikipedia does: anyone, anywhere can use it for any purpose anytime, as long as credit is given.
How can I know that?
The licenses are named "CC BY" (all versions up to and including 4.0), "CC BY-SA" (versions 2.0 to 4.0), and "CC0".
Even if something has a GFDL license, you can't use it unless that license is paired with one of the CC BY licenses above..
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040051/episodes/?ref_=tt_eps. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.)