A Quote by Robert McKee

Writing is a marathon, not a sprint.

Robert McKee

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Marathon Sprint Writing

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Robert McKee
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Born: 1941

You can run a sprint or your can run a marathon, but you can't sprint a marathon.

Ryan Holmes

I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

Marjane Satrapi

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It is a series of marathons that stretch over and over across a continent.

Mohsin Hamid

Life’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Phil McGraw

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Tony Robbins

Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it's a sprint.

Gary Vaynerchuk

The American dream is not a sprint or even a marathon but a relay.

Julian Castro

Novels are a marathon, while comic scripts are a sprint.

Duane Swierczynski

Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.

Amby Burfoot

Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Angela Duckworth

Life is a marathon, not a sprint. It's about taking a bigger-picture approach.

Ivanka Trump

A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished. Marathoners have to carefully pace themselves so that they don't run out of energy (or in the case of the novelist-- ideas) because they have so far to run. To mix the metaphor, writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.