Robert McKee Quotes

• Contar historias es la forma más poderosa de transmitir ideas al mundo actual.

  Robert McKee

  Leadership, Morning, Powerful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.

  Robert McKee

  People, Needs, Stories

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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.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Answers, Helping

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• Las historias son la conversión creativa de la vida misma en una experiencia más poderosa, clara y significativa. Son la moneda de cambio del contacto humano.

  Robert McKee

  Meaningful, Powerful, Creative

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• Las historias son la moneda de cambio de las relaciones humanas.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Currency, Humans

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• Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Bullets, Lists

  "Storytelling That Moves People". Interview with Bronwyn Fryer, hbr.org. June 2003.

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• Leaders use story to author the future.

  Robert McKee

  Leader, Stories, Use

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• Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Form, Universal

  "The Real McKee" by Ian Parker, www.newyorker.com. October 20, 2003.

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• A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.

  Robert McKee

  Art, Silence, Mind

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• Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality.

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  Reality, Stories, Flight

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Heart, Creativity

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• We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Discovery, Knows

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• 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

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• Stories build cultures by answering the big questions.

  Robert McKee

  Culture, Stories, Bigs

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• 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

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• Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.

  Robert McKee

  Artist, Rebellious, Break

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.

  Robert McKee

  Stories, Talent, Materials

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.

  Robert McKee

  Powerful, Drama, Light

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.

  Robert McKee

  Giving, Moments, Lifetime

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.31, Harper Collins

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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.

  Robert McKee

  Hero, Writing, Skills

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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.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Ideas, Two

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

  Robert McKee

  Long, Decision, Ease

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• El talento sin oficio es como el combustible sin motor: quema a lo loco pero no consigue nada.

  Robert McKee

  Accomplish Nothing, Fuel, Crafts

  Robert McKee (2010). “Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting”, p.28, Harper Collins

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• God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Character, Voice

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• All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

  Robert McKee

  Writing, Discipline, Drill Sergeant

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