Quotes About Robert McKee

The repetition of "serious" emotion is, in fact, a favorite comic device.

In 388 B.C. Plato urged the city fathers of Athens to exile all poets and storytellers. They are a threat to society

Cliche is at the root of audience dissatisfaction, and like a plague spread through ignorance, it now infects all story media.

When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.

I went to a seminar early in my career on the craft of storytelling by Robert McKee. It was really life altering. There are basic principles on how to craft an engaging story and he covers them well. He's got a book out, 'Story,' that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in improve their storytelling.