The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
The Business story is designed to trigger the listener to take an effective action. If it doesn't, the story fails. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality, — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
When you do enough research, the story almost writes itself. Lines of development spring loose and you'll have choices galore. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can't just live. That's… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
If you can't play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your imagination, you're… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create such epiphanies at will, the… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality, — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Don't be didactic - don't write about poverty. Write about poor people. When you dramatize their lives and let life and characters be your… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
“If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.” — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility. — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
Good story' means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task...But the love of a good story,… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
