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Work Quotes by Robert McKee
- A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to…
- In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.
- Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished,…
- God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over…
- Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.
More Work Quotes
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Successful people don't relax on a chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with their dreams and wake up with… — Ritu Ghatourey
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino