When you do enough research, the story almost writes itself. Lines of development spring loose and you'll have choices galore. Robert McKee More Quotes by Robert McKee More Quotes From Robert McKee Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time. Robert McKee metaphor life-is stories Never sleep with anybody who has more problems than you do. Robert McKee problem sleep advice Story is about originality, not duplication Robert McKee duplication originality stories Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing. Robert McKee accomplish-nothing crafts fuel Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston Churchill and Adolph Hitler. Because storytelling is a form of persuasive jujitsu, and because world is full of black belt storytellers, the corporate leader has to train both his offensive and defensive moves Robert McKee profound two moving There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise. Robert McKee cake guarantees writing 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 midnight soul matter In comedy laughter settles all arguments. Robert McKee argument comedy laughter 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 inspiration, you will express the 'idea' dynamically and without preaching. Robert McKee inspiration writing character The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story. Robert McKee erosion universal stories The dirty secret of art is you don't have to show people your bad writing. That's what we have the delete key for. Robert McKee writing dirty art The Law of Diminishing Returns is true of everything in life, except sex, which seems endlessly repeatable with effect. Robert McKee return law sex Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society. Robert McKee orchestration names giving Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it. Robert McKee use reason way 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, of terrific characters and a world driven by your passion, courage, and creative gifts is still not enough. Your goal must be a good story well told. Robert McKee lonely character mean No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much. Robert McKee citizens plato civilization Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower. Robert McKee willpower decision action We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery. Robert McKee knows writing discovery Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both. Robert McKee philosophical wish mean 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 communication talking thinking
