It was 1996 and I was at a crossroads in my career. I had been working in Hollywood as a writer and… — Robert Greene Book Copy Share Image
In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm okay for things like theater and stuff but for film, I just didn't think in the right way and I didn't… — Robert Greene Business Copy Share Image
I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because… — Robert Greene Behavior Copy Share Image
There are people that don't need to run towards adversity. They grew up in circumstances where it's forced upon them. Other people… — Robert Greene Adversity Copy Share Image
Consciously or unconsciously most of us adhere to what is expected of our role because we realize our social success depends on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. It… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
When you have any kind of success in life, that's like the most dangerous moment that you're in because you're going to… — Robert Greene Attention Copy Share Image
“Too often we make a separation in our lives—there is work and there is life outside work, where we find real pleasure… — Robert Greene Career Copy Share Image
“Long Time. The famous seventeenth-century Ming painter Chou Yung relates a story that altered his behavior forever. Late one winter afternoon he… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If we were controlling the performance, we never would have had someone push a button to make the pellet stove come on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“All of us have access to a higher form of intelligence, one that can allow us to see more of the world,… — Robert Greene Education Copy Share Image
Nobody that I know really likes the feeling of having no power and not being able to influence people. But most of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Never assume that the person you are dealing with is weaker or less important than you are. Some people are slow to… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“The arrow shot by the archer may or may not kill a single person. But stratagems devised by a wise man can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Understand: as children and young adults, we are taught to conform to certain codes of behavior and ways of doing things. We… — Robert Greene Behavior Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been talking about with my critical writing and my own work is that these movies are seen… — Robert Greene Cinema Copy Share Image
“(The word “genius” comes from the Latin, and originally referred to a guardian spirit that watched over the birth of each person;… — Robert Greene Genius Copy Share Image
Because of my two films - one was about my half-sister (Kati with an I) and the next one featured my cousin… — Robert Greene Cinema Copy Share Image
Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste… — Robert Greene Breaths Copy Share Image
If you're in your early twenties, don't put so much importance on the money, on the raise. Getting an extra thousand dollars… — Robert Greene Dollars Copy Share Image
“12--Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand Strategy Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead.… — Robert Greene Motivational Copy Share Image
You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A lot of people in college go astray because they choose something that doesn't really, really connect to them. And if it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
What happens if you stick at something long enough, and study it for so long, you have a different kind of intelligence.… — Robert Greene Animal intelligence Copy Share Image
I find with most of my readers are kind of like me, sort of people who were a little bit naive in… — Robert Greene Book Copy Share Image
I really do think you shoot for that beautiful experience of showing your movie in a crowd or room full of people,… — Robert Greene Beautiful Copy Share Image
The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Our times might emphasize equality, which we then mistake for the need for everyone to be the same, but what we really… — Robert Greene Blooming flower Copy Share Image
In the world today, we humans have become more self-absorbed, more tribal and tenacious in holding on to our narrow agendas; we… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“So much of power is not what you do but what you do not do—the rash and foolish actions that you refrain… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The point of the adversity is to toughen your mind so that you can handle difficult circumstances in life. Your mind, toughen… — Robert Greene Adversity Copy Share Image
You can die from someone else's misery — emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Religion humanizes this universe, makes us feel important and loved. We are not animals governed by uncontrollable drives, animals that die for… — Robert Greene Animal Copy Share Image
When you understand the fear then you can begin to move past it. So when I hear the people say it's innate,… — Robert Greene Fear Copy Share Image
If you are armed with knowledge, if you are aware that certain dynamics are at play then you have options. You can… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
As most people when I entered the work world, suddenly people are playing games, being manipulative, being a little bit nasty, you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Try to persuade a person by appealing to their consciousness, by saying outright what you want, by showing all your cards, and… — Robert Greene Hope Copy Share Image
