Your work is the single greatest means at your disposal for expressing your social intelligence. Robert Greene More Quotes by Robert Greene More Quotes From Robert Greene I don't want to promote paranoia. It's not like wow, everybody is after me. You know that's not going to be very powerful. A person like Stalin was like that and he was powerful, but it ended up completely destroying him because he couldn't trust anyone. Robert Greene wowpowerfulwant Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware. Robert Greene beliefs-and-valuespeopleway I didn't like writing just articles and things. So then I wandered around. I tried my hand at film and television and that was a worse fit because I don't really have a mind for that. Robert Greene mindwritinghands Ah! what is love! It is a pretty thing, As sweet unto a shepherd as a king, And sweeter too; For kings have cares that wait upon a crown, And cares can make the sweetest love to frown. Robert Greene kingssweetlove Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies. Robert Greene realmsworstenemy There is almost a touch of condescension in the act of hiring friends that secretly afflicts them. The injury will come out slowly: A little more honesty, flashes of resentment and envy here and there, and before you know it your friendship fades. The more favors and gifts you supply to revive the friendship, the less gratitude you receive. Robert Greene envygratitudehonesty Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy. Robert Greene hip-hopknowingfeelings Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee. Robert Greene kneesgriefart You want attention, you want to grab some of that airspace that exists out there in a world that's very difficult to get it because it's so competitive and to get it for more than a few seconds. Any attention is good and that can be what we would normally consider as bad attention so I wanted to make you aware of that dynamic. Robert Greene wantattentionworld The key then to attaining this higher level of intelligence is to make our years of study qualitatively rich. We don't simply absorb information - we internalize it and make it our own by finding some way to put this knowledge to practical use. Robert Greene keysuseyears When it comes to fertility, there are so may things that have to go right. In any one individual, there might be one major problem and two minor ones or no major ones and seven minor ones. Throw in another person's physiology, and it's complicated. I try to give people the knowledge that they can make as many changes as they want. Robert Greene givingtwopeople It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome and pushes against stuff. Robert Greene stuffartthinking I just think there's something in the non-fiction form that allows you to see things clearly, if you're patient. Robert Greene patientfictionthinking I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather than creating scenarios. Robert Greene creatingrealityfiction Along the way, a lot of filmmakers get rid of things that are messy or don't fit in some ways. To me, I want to work with serendipity and things we happened upon. That's our job, that's what the form demands. Robert Greene serendipityjobsway The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because I am a person who went to 15 different elementary and middle schools. I moved all the time, often having to run out in the middle of the night because my mom couldn't pay the bills. There were schools where I'd be the poor loser kid. There were schools where I'd suddenly be the smart kid or the cool kid, although that was very seldom. Robert Greene smartmomrunning I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what I'm good at. I'm good at observing people's behavior and putting these unspoken things into movie contexts in ways that other people can sometimes miss. Robert Greene missingpeoplethinking I'm probably, if I might, if I stray I might write, go into screenplay or do something in film. Something like that but I think I'm pretty much going to stick to what I'm good at. Robert Greene writingmightthinking There was writing and foreign languages. I always had an ease with foreign languages. So the both are related, both language related kind of mind. Robert Greene mindeasewriting The problem is the book business is changing so we're in a difficult moment now and if the business model is changing, I don't know if I'm going to have to look what's in store for me at that level but fortunately, I broke in earlier. Robert Greene levelsbooklooks
