Cheo Hodari Coker Quotes

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.

People want good stories.

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors.

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

I can be so blown away by story lines.

Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based.

There is something in human beings that loves stories.

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.

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

A story invites both writer and reader into a kind of superficial ease: we want to slide along, pleasingly entertained, lost in the fictional dream.

Human beings need stories, and we're looking for them in all kinds of places; whether it's television, whether it's comic books or movies, radio plays, whatever form, people are hungry for stories.

I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.

As a writer, it is my job to tell a story. I don't want to get involved in social commentary; I just want to show issues from a different point of view. I want to show issues from a perspective that may not be highlighted.

I think that one of the things you have to do to become a storyteller is spend a lot of time reading stories.

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

I'm really into the idea of telling stories. Everyone needs stories. Everyone needs to escape every once in a while.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.

People need stories; they want stories. They always will.

I love being a storyteller. I love telling stories.

One of the great things about fiction is you can use an issue and describe it in human terms.

I guess I'm just inspired to tell stories.

I love the magic of stories and the power of stories.