John Lee Hancock Quotes

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity.

Some people are motivated by a need for recognition, some by money, and some by a broad social goal. I start from a different place: from the love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion and see where they might lead.

I now know that inspirations must come from everywhere.

You should always think about things that excite you and that you can learn from.

When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.

I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and wants to learn and has got to write, he don't know why, he will learn from almost any source that he finds. He will learn from older people who are not writers, he will learn from writers, but he learns it -- you can't teach it.

Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted.

I don't understand why I do what I do. I don't understand why I act anymore. But I do know that I love it, and that I find it really interesting and satisfying to enter into other worlds and explore different ways of thinking.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

Education is the foundation for all we do in life, it shapes who we are and what we aspire to be. Creativity fuels innovation, and it's what all states should strive to instill in the next generations.

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

I'm not really sure if I have anything that inspires me.

I write based on powerful inner impulses, and those seem to shift over time.

It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

I just follow the things I'm interested in. That's always guided me. If I'm interested in something, that's where I go.

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.