Robert McKee Quotes

Robert McKee — American Educator

Robert McKee, is 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"... (wikipedia)

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.

Aristotle said time is a measure of change, and this movie is about changing in time, through time, while remaining the same person. That's a philosophical paradox and a moral dilemma. But 'Casablanca' says it's possible. You can have both. That's what it means. And that's my wish for you: that you would have both.

Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.

The students realize that it's their life I'm talking about: it's out of balance, they're struggling to put it into balance. How are they going to do it?

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

Robert McKee Quotes

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