Robert McKee
Robert McKee
Robert McKeeis a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee is the author of a "screenwriters' bible" called Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. Online, McKee has a blog and a writers' resource website called "Storylogue"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
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Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.
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The universal erosion of values has lead to the universal erosion of story.
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Stories are the currency of human relationships.
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Story is about originality, not duplication
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Stories build cultures by answering the big questions.
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Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas.
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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.
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Leaders use story to author the future.
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The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.
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Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.
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The Business story is designed to trigger the listener to take an effective action. If it doesn't, the story fails.
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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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To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.
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Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.