Robert McKee Quotes


True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure the greater the pressure the deeper the revelation the truer the choice to the characters essential nature. Robert McKee Choices 287
Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly. Robert McKee Story 87
No civilization including Platos has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much. Robert McKee Civilization 81
In life two negatives dont make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse. Robert McKee Math 79
In comedy laughter settles all arguments. Robert McKee Laughter 78
When we want mood experiences we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience we go to the storyteller. Robert McKee Storytelling 54
If the story youre telling is the story youre telling youre in deep shit. Robert McKee Writing craft 44
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. Robert McKee Storytelling 41
Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire when we lack a lacking. Robert McKee Boredom 40
Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time. Robert McKee Storytelling 38
Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche its the key to victory over fear and its cousin depression. Robert McKee Talent 38
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 Effort 34
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion its an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act for better or worse to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie. Robert McKee Lies 33
In a world of lies and liars an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility. Robert McKee Lies 33
Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society. Robert McKee Power 32
Most of lifes actions are within our reach but decisions take willpower. Robert McKee Decisions 28
A fine work of art music dance painting story has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place. Robert McKee Story 28

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