Comedy Quote by Robert McKee

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

— Orson Scott Card

“When society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates.”

— Robert McKee

“In our modern world, this elemental quality of storytelling is denied. We live today in a world in which everything has its place and…

— Michael Richardson

When a culture is being dumbed down as effectively as ours is, its narrative arts (literature, film, theatre) seem to vacillate between the brutal…

— Tom Robbins

Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with…

— Paul Auster

“What they produce is not culture but a population allergic to logic, addicted to drama, and proud of their own mental stagnation. In the…

— E. Ravago

“Story is the mechanism by which we live, express, understand, and evolve. Story is more than just equipment for living — it’s life itself.…

— Derek Rydall

“Through comedy, we can touch core societal beliefs and transform them completely. I believe we can get to the truth of some deep societal…

— Catherine Chen

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

Tragedy turns into comedy when you watch your own drama and realizing it as a mind-created fiction designed to create you a sense of…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Narrative, in short. is more than literature, it is the way we understand our lives. If literature merely supplied entertainment, then it wouldn't be…

— Robert N. Bellah

Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We…

— Alan King