"Stories are the creative conversion of life itself……" — 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."
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54 Quotes by Robert McKee
Robert McKee has 54 quotes on this site.
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Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.
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In comedy laughter settles all arguments.
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To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.
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Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows…
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If you can't play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your…
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Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else,…
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A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the…
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In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.
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In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life…
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Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear…
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When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to…
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Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a…
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How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the…
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Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.
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A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents.
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What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a…
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Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day,…
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In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer…
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I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.
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