--- title: "1 Story Hear Quotes By Neil Cross" description: "1 Story Hear quotes by Neil Cross. Plus more from Neil Cross and more Story Hear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/neil-cross-23838_birth-and-death_okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell_522843.jpg" --- > [“Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgment. All these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves to you. Can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell-you-a-story-can-you-hear-them/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/neil-cross-23838_birth-and-death_okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell_522843.jpg) ## More by Neil Cross > [I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/i-d-always-read-omnivorously-and-often-thought-much-literary-fiction/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [People often express surprise that I'm not a psychopath. But it's not about what I want to do to other people, it's that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/people-often-express-surprise-that-i-m-not-a-psychopath-but-it-s-not/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [I don't want to repeat myself. I hate the idea of coasting and of recycling the same ideas. Then, you're just subject to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/i-don-t-want-to-repeat-myself-i-hate-the-idea-of-coasting-and-of/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [And by the right thing, I mean that whatever step we take next, the first criteria we should consider is the people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/and-by-the-right-thing-i-mean-that-whatever-step-we-take-next-the/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [I am very interested in theology. In fact, my first degree was in theology, so it's something that interests me greatly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/i-am-very-interested-in-theology-in-fact-my-first-degree-was-in/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [“Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/okay-then-that-s-what-i-ll-do-i-ll-tell-you-a-story-can-you-hear-them/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is often nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/it-s-perceived-as-an-accolade-to-be-published-as-a-literary-writer/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [I don't get on with novelists, don't enjoy their company. Once you've worked for a publisher, you understand the species, see them in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/i-don-t-get-on-with-novelists-don-t-enjoy-their-company-once-you-ve/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [The thematic bucket of vomit that I've been chained to since I was about 9 is the moral complexity of anti-heroism. I have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/the-thematic-bucket-of-vomit-that-i-ve-been-chained-to-since-i-was/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [The Booker thing was a catalyst for me in a bizarre way. It’s perceived as an accolade to be published as a ‘literary’ writer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/the-booker-thing-was-a-catalyst-for-me-in-a-bizarre-way-it-s/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [I love to see heroes who fuel some kind of moral furnace inside them, who are driven to take on the evils of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/i-love-to-see-heroes-who-fuel-some-kind-of-moral-furnace-inside-them/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/the-fictional-character-with-whom-i-most-profoundly-identified-was/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [Because this exact leaf had to grow in that exact way, in that exact place, so that precise wind could tear it from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/because-this-exact-leaf-had-to-grow-in-that-exact-way-in-that-exact/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > [Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/writing-a-novel-is-an-intense-and-lonely-business-but-you-have-the/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) > ['Luther' is absolutely a monster-of-the-week show. Although it's post-watershed and is rendered in intense graphic novel-style images, it's inspiration is not that different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-cross/luther-is-absolutely-a-monster-of-the-week-show-although-it-s-post/) [Neil Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-cross/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-hear/neil-cross/#itemlist", "name": "1 Story Hear Quotes By Neil Cross", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Okay then. That's what I'll do. I'll tell you a story. Can you hear them? All these people who lived in terror of you and your judgment. All these people whose ancestors devoted themselves, sacrificed themselves to you. Can you hear them singing? Oh you like to think you're a god. But you're not a god. You're just a parasite. 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