Robert McKee Quotations

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.

Ninety percent of what we create is not our best work.

I cannot be a character in a bad movie. I can't be.

Never sleep with anybody who has more problems than you do.

It seems to me that the civilized human being is a skeptic someone who believes nothing at face value.

Leaders use story to author the future.

When people want to sound smart, they add syllables to words, words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to books. They try to make up in quantity and complexity what they lack in quality. That's bullshit! They're just hiding their bullshit!

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

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

The Business story is designed to trigger the listener to take an effective action. If it doesn't, the story fails.