Quotes by : Robert McKee

What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.

Nothing moves forward in a story except through conflict. Writers who cannot grasp this truth, the truth....

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind....

Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over....

Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else,....

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.

Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience....

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.

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