Robert McKee: Quotes about life

Robert McKee is American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Robert McKee: 22 quotes2 likes

“Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.”

“In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life things just get worse and worse and worse.”

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

“Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.”

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

“(…)while it's true that the unexamined life is not worth living, it's also true that the unlived life isn't worth examining.”

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting