John Lee Hancock Quotes

The goal, first and foremost, is to tell a satisfying - entertaining - story.

To tell a good story and to illuminate the world: the two things are completely linked. That is the point. That is what I've always wanted to do.

Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up.

I think we all have a responsibility to tell good stories.

I just want to make stories. They don't have to have a moral or a reason. There might be some mild cautionary notes, but they're not moral. They don't impart any Judeo-Christian ethic of any kind.

I couldn't run from that desire to tell stories, that desire to tell stories about us, and about the people I loved.

I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.

Any fictional story will take things from real events.

I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

I always like to tell a story.

In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

I think I'm always drawn to a good story.

A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

Both types of books - fiction and nonfiction - are a search for story. As a writer and a reader, there's nothing I crave more than a good story!

The way I express ideas is through the plot, Suspense is an important part of expressing an idea.

Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated.

I'm always looking for a story.

Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.

Fiction is the best way I know how to think something through.