Robert McKee Quotes

Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

The drama is a great revealer of life.

You can channel a lot within a comic framework, and I think 'The Guard' had a lot going on outside of the comedy, which is satisfying.

I don't want to make any general statements, but I feel like so many stories that are presented as being about humanity and human emotion are just so convoluted and overly dramatic and focus on these certain little things that are supposedly meaningful, but just don't really mean anything.

Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.

I don't tend to write straight dramas where real life just impinges. But because I don't, when I do, it is very interesting to slap people in the face with just an absolute of life.

When I'm not writing, I do a lot of research reading on the shape of civilization. Fiction can be a lot of different things... but I feel like it's my job to write about the way things are.

All Shondaland shows have a level of intelligence, a level of humor, a level of pathos and human connection.

I think that I am interested in the resonance between character drama and high stakes, either situational or political or social or other kind of elevated drama, and I tend to find that those things combust.

The mini-series 'The Bronx is Burning' thoroughly embarrassed me the way the story was told.

What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.

I'm a big fan of Springsteen. Obviously, his social commentary is very powerful for me. I like his album 'The Rising.' It's not a new one, but it sticks in my mind because of what it says to me.

TV is our window on the world. It's a powerful medium for great stories that become part of our very, very personal journey.

I feel like progress will be made in the landscape of Latino influence when we get to tell those murky, real, close-to-life narratives.

'Gujarat 11' has a good script; it is a full package of entertainment, comedy, emotions and has a message for the audience.

Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff. That is why storytelling has become more convincing.

'Handmaid's' is the most profound television I've had the privilege to be a part of.

The New Day has been the New Day because what we have done. We can be entertaining but then we can get serious, too.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

I think rap is all about what you feel about a situation and not just about cars, alcohol and women.

I watched 'The Wire' religiously.

I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music.

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.

The way I think of my work is that I have to think up the way to tell a story, starting from scratch. The changes in the industry concern me in a general way because I think civilization is doomed.