I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry! I really am! I wanted to get out of this place! I want to live! I want to get away… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
I'm a collector of cartoons. All the Disney stuff, Bugs Bunny, the old MGM ones. It's real escapism, it's like everything's alright.… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
I like to laugh. It's kind of escapism. I like to make people laugh. And I kind of like people just to… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It's to a writer's advantage to contain within himself elements of each sex, or any sex. It's to his advantage because it… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Working behind the cocktail bar was a different kind of escapism, a creative outlet with a newfound respect for alcohol. I didn't… — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
“Existential anguish derives from the human freedom to think and act, experience love for life, and fear death. We must decide whether… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Once I ventured the guess that men worked in response to a vague inner urge for self-expression. But that was probably a… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it,… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
I think we're definitely playing up to characters. We see ourselves as a pop band. I don't have a pseudonym because I… — Gwenno Copy Share Image
Fiction is just that-fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It's entertainment. It's escapism.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I live in my own bubble. I was looking for an audience that wouldn't necessarily be looking for escapism when they came… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
When I started Participant, I felt that the movie business was ripe for a company that dealt with big issues in a… — Jeffrey Skoll Copy Share Image
“But I reckon that this realm of higher needs, of something more than just forgetting about everyday life, of mere recreation, this… — Krzysztof Kieślowski Copy Share Image
"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me,… — Iggy Azalea Copy Share Image
“Belle hesitated. “What is this place?” she asked. “A bit of magic, like all goodbooks,” the man replied. “An escape. A place… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“He turns toward the voice. It is as though the darkness itself has spoken. But when he looks closer he can make… — Lucy Foley Copy Share Image
I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in… — Tim Walker Copy Share Image
Escapism has its place. I used to write 'Conan the Barbarian' for Marvel, which takes place in an environment completely removed from… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
I'd been to Mosul and back and forth to Iraq and Latin America, and it was all quite harrowing... and I felt… — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel… — Chris Thile Copy Share Image
I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a gamer. But I am very aware of the escapism of drugs. In my mind those kind of do the… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
The narrative of so many fairy tales are timeless in so many different cultures, and they have been since the dawn of… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“Often the most tricky questions are the ones we secretly know the answers of. What are you running from? What are you… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“When a movie character is really working, we become that character. That’s what the movies offer: escapism into lives other than our… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's stupid to say that there's any comfort to be had in 'knowing your place,' but there is a sense of reassuring… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
“You break through the veil whenever you strap on a sword or chant the ancient verses. You escape when you write a… — Jef Murray Copy Share Image
“Steampunk is...a joyous fantasy of the past, allowing us to revel in a nostalgia for what never was. It is a literary… — George Mann Copy Share Image
