I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the… — Robert Greene 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
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
People who are reading my books, or who are thinking about it, have some general idea about the concept of strategy. They're… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
There's a real tension between it being a collaborative art process, which is almost like performance art of yourself, and, as we… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Most people are passive aggressive in this world. I have the idea that the human being is born with a kind of… — Robert Greene 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
The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I was working on other things and I wanted to make a film, and I had some ideas brewing in my head.… — 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 ideas get under your skin. I am honored and deeply excited by the thought that the next generation of writers, or… — 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
The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image