"Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form."

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Source : Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.3, Harper Collins

Robert McKee

#Artist Quotes #Rebellious Quotes #Break Quotes

“Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them.”

Source : FaceBook post by Katherine Dunn from Jul 23, 2015
“I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.”
“While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper or on the computer what I have to say.”
“A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.”
“My brand is a demography-breaker. It speaks to all homemakers and women from all walks of life and all across society.”
“From the outside, I seem happy a lot. But, I'm human and it's not possible to always be happy.”
“donâ€™t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have re- belled long ago! Thereâ€™s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start allover again!”
“You dont know someone until you know what they want.”

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