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Robert McKee Quotes

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time Picture Quote #1

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form Picture Quote #1

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking Picture Quote #1

To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write Picture Quote #1

Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it’s an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives... Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie Picture Quote #1

If you can’t play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your imagination, you’re condemned to hum the same old tune Picture Quote #1

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Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world Picture Quote #1

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility Picture Quote #1

In life two negatives don’t make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse Picture Quote #1

Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it’s the key to victory over fear and it’s cousin, depression Picture Quote #1

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller Picture Quote #1

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact Picture Quote #1

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When talented people write badly, it’s generally for one of two reasons: Either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they’re driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They’re moved by a desire to touch the audience Picture Quote #1

No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best Picture Quote #1

The students realize that it’s their life I’m talking about: it’s out of balance, they’re struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it? Picture Quote #1

Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it Picture Quote #1

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 lunatic asylum. Indeed, that’s how you know you’re talking to a lunatic. Lunatics are those poor souls who have lost their inner communication and so they allow themselves to say and do exactly what they are thinking and feeling and that’s why they’re mad Picture Quote #1

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It’s how we see the world Picture Quote #1

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Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it’s delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative Picture Quote #1

Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create such epiphanies at will, the phenomenon known as aesthetic emotion... Life on its own, without art to shape it, leaves you in confusion and chaos, but aesthetic emotion harmonizes what you know with what you feel to give you a heightened awareness and a sureness of your place in reality Picture Quote #1

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime Picture Quote #1

Story isn’t a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality Picture Quote #1

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly Picture Quote #1

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself Picture Quote #1

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Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can’t just live. That’s the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life Picture Quote #1

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Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time (Robert McKee Quotes) Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form (Robert McKee Quotes) Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking (Robert McKee Quotes) To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write (Robert McKee Quotes) Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it’s an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives... Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie (Robert McKee Quotes) If you can’t play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your imagination, you’re condemned to hum the same old tune (Robert McKee Quotes) Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world (Robert McKee Quotes) In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility (Robert McKee Quotes) In life two negatives don’t make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse (Robert McKee Quotes) Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it’s the key to victory over fear and it’s cousin, depression (Robert McKee Quotes) When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller (Robert McKee Quotes) Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact (Robert McKee Quotes) When talented people write badly, it’s generally for one of two reasons: Either they’re blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they’re driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They’re moved by a desire to touch the audience (Robert McKee Quotes) No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best (Robert McKee Quotes) The students realize that it’s their life I’m talking about: it’s out of balance, they’re struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it? (Robert McKee Quotes) Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it (Robert McKee Quotes) 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 lunatic asylum. Indeed, that’s how you know you’re talking to a lunatic. Lunatics are those poor souls who have lost their inner communication and so they allow themselves to say and do exactly what they are thinking and feeling and that’s why they’re mad (Robert McKee Quotes) Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It’s how we see the world (Robert McKee Quotes) Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it’s delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative (Robert McKee Quotes) Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create such epiphanies at will, the phenomenon known as aesthetic emotion... Life on its own, without art to shape it, leaves you in confusion and chaos, but aesthetic emotion harmonizes what you know with what you feel to give you a heightened awareness and a sureness of your place in reality (Robert McKee Quotes) The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime (Robert McKee Quotes) Story isn’t a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality (Robert McKee Quotes) Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly (Robert McKee Quotes) Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself (Robert McKee Quotes) Life is chaotic and meaningless, and you have to find your meaning. You must find the answer, you can’t just live. That’s the point of story: helping you find your meaning in life (Robert McKee Quotes)

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