Robert McKee quotes

In life two negatives don't 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)
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. View quote
Robert McKee
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. View quote
Robert McKee
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. View quote
Robert McKee
In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility. View quote
Robert McKee
Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower. View quote
Robert McKee
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. View quote
Robert McKee
(...)while it's true that the unexamined life is not worth living, it's also true that the unlived life isn't worth examining. View quote
Robert McKee
Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world. View quote
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Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both. View quote
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Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it. (Robert McKee)
The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it? View quote
Robert McKee
I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be. View quote
Robert McKee
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 character's essential nature. View quote
Robert McKee
When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller. View quote
Robert McKee
Dialogue concentrates meaning; conversation dilutes it. View quote
Robert McKee

Robert McKee

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Occupation: Author
Born: January 30, 1941
Quotes count: 16

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