Robert McKee Quotes About Talent

Quotes about: Talent

• Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.

  Robert McKee

  Cousin, Fear, War

• The principle of Creative Limitations calls for freedom within a circle of obstacles and restricted boundaries. Talent is like a muscle: without something to push against, it atrophies. So we deliberately put obstacles in our path - barriers that will inspire us. We disciple ourselves as to what to do, while we're boundless as to how to do it.

  Robert McKee

  Inspiration, Creativity, Circles

• No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.

  Robert McKee

  Soul, Midnight, Matter

• The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Talent, Materials

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.27, Harper Collins

• Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.

  Robert McKee

  Accomplish Nothing, Fuel, Crafts

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.28, Harper Collins

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