Quotes by : Robert McKee

You do not keep the audience's interest by giving it information, but by withholding information ........

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.

Scholarly acumen sharpens taste and judgment, but we must never mistake criticism for art. Intellectual....

True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure - the greater the pressure,....

Whereas life separates meaning from emotion, art unites them. Story is an instrument by which you create....

In comedy laughter settles all arguments.

We realize we can't go around saying and doing what we're actually thinking and feeling. If we all did....

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

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

Quality storytelling inspires quality dialogue.