I was a big fan of John Cassavetes, his wife, Gena Rowlands, and that era of filmmaking which was about realism and… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
“...When people lose their way and lack a real purpose for living they often fall back on certain forms of escapism as… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“I withdraw my consent from reality. I deny it my assistance. I dedicate myself to the temptations of escapism, and throw myself… — Ursula Poznanski Copy Share Image
Sometimes we need pure relief. Sometimes we need pure escapism. Sometimes we need major reflection on some aspects of our collective unconscious. — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
A studio allows me more freedom. You can create your own sort of reality which is actually more exciting than shooting on… — Ken Adam Copy Share Image
“I steel myself to ignore his taunts and his coarse language. I no longer care what he says or does. It doesn't… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
Escapism has value, even if I don't know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it's just part of some healthy way that… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Hence the uneasiness which they arouse in those who, for whatever reason, wish to keep us wholly imprisoned in the immediate conflict.… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Dr. Manning said he'd thought at first it might be sleeping sickness, or even narcolepsy, whatever that was, but - no, Pete… — Henry Kuttner Copy Share Image
“In the language of the day it is customary to describe a certain sort of book as “escapist” literature. As I understand… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind: cars and stockbrokers and commuters, housewives and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for entertainment and escapism as much as the next person. I like silly and lowbrow stuff, but I get… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
“I can breathe easier now that the appointments are behind me. I missed them all, through deliberate negligence, Having waited for the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Mysticism has often been misunderstood as the attempt to escape this simple, phenomenal world to a more pure existence in heaven beyond.… — Walter Wink Copy Share Image
“The newspaper articles that Joe had read about the upcoming Senate investigation into comic books always cited "escapism" among the litany of… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
That's what's great about show business. It's escapism. You pay your five bucks to get in and sit there and you're in… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of the sensibility of comics, and I love the escapism of them and the defining of good and evil.… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on… — Tuppence Middleton Copy Share Image
“[When under stress I thought of] the books I had read [and applied] them to myself. I [imagined I was] one of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and… — J. Maarten Troost Copy Share Image
“Gaming is my jam. It’s my total escape. It’s where I really get to be me: to be in control, to be… — H.C. Roberts Copy Share Image
It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or… — Summer Altice Copy Share Image
One way of understanding a graphic novel is that it's an ambitious comic and one way or another my comics have had… — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
“Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
I don't think it necessarily makes me want to go back to my 20s, but what I love about playing any type… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
What was a slap for ten pages of escapism, ten pages far from everything that made him unhappy, ten pages of real… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
Travel is best when it's as unplanned as possible so that you get that real sense of adventure. The film 'Thelma and… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies… — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What chilled my blood was a felt marker outline of a woman on the wall. Hands above the head, where there was… — Grahame Shannon Copy Share Image
“He was not a tall man, but he was wide. His face was the color and texture of old leather boots, and… — Grahame Shannon Copy Share Image
“The shaping of a golem, to him, was a gesture of hope, offered against hope, in a time of desperation. It was… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Escapism sold books, to be sure, but not nearly as many as were sold by exposing America’s flaws and making the average… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
“I envisaged a perfect detective’s assistant. She’d have long, wavy blonde hair, a short skirt, and curves in all the right places.… — Grahame Shannon Copy Share Image
I’m just a person who wants to be honest and do good, make people happy and give them the greatest sense of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
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