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> [Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/story-isn-t-a-flight-from-reality-but-a-vehicle-that-carries-us-on/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

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> [“Story isn’t a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality, our best effort to make sense out of the anarchy of existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/story-isn-t-a-flight-from-reality-but-a-vehicle-that-carries-us-on-2/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

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## More by Robert McKee

> [Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/story-isn-t-a-flight-from-reality-but-a-vehicle-that-carries-us-on/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/don-t-be-didactic-don-t-write-about-poverty-write-about-poor-people/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/to-connect-to-people-at-the-deepest-level-you-need-stories/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/talent-without-craft-is-like-fuel-without-an-engine-it-burns-wildly/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [“If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/if-the-story-you-re-telling-is-the-story-you-re-telling-you-re-in/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/classical-design-is-a-mirror-of-the-human-mind-it-s-how-we-see-the/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/to-get-the-truth-you-want-to-get-your-own-heart-to-pound-while-you/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/what-happens-is-fact-not-truth-truth-is-what-we-think-about-what/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/the-universal-erosion-of-values-has-lead-to-the-universal-erosion-of/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/in-a-world-of-lies-and-liars-an-honest-work-of-art-is-always-an-act/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [Influence is just persuasion in slow motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/influence-is-just-persuasion-in-slow-motion/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/good-story-means-something-worth-telling-that-the-world-wants-to-hear/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/most-of-life-s-actions-are-within-our-reach-but-decisions-take/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [We realize we can't go around saying and doing what we're actually thinking and feeling. If we all did that, life would be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/we-realize-we-can-t-go-around-saying-and-doing-what-we-re-actually/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

> [Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mckee/oh-by-the-way-i-tend-to-use-a-lot-of-profanities-i-do-that-for-a/)

[Robert McKee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mckee/)

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