Reddit reviews The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!
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Joe Esterhaus tells a story in The Devil's Guide to Hollywood where he wrote "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones into his Basic Instinct script. The producers paid $750,000 for the rights to use it. Then never used it.
There's also the tale where the Coen Bros wanted to use some song in The Big Lebowski, and when the artist watched the scene where The Dude said "I hate the fucking Eagles, man," he let them use his song for free - because he also hated The Eagles.
No point, really, just fun little anecdotes!
God, I fucking hate Robert McKee. As /u/streetparker said, he is a total hack. He's only sold one script (which was never produced) and claims he knows what makes a good story. I've read "Story" for two different screenwriting classes and I hated it both times.
If you want a book that's a good resource and tells it like it is, read The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God! by Joe Eszterhas.
I personally really enjoyed Joe Eszterhas's book (https://www.amazon.ca/Devils-Guide-Hollywood-Screenwriter-God/dp/0312373848). It's mainly anecdotal tidbits, but some of them are genuinely hilarious. There are a few similar ones on Amazon that might also be helpful.