“The two weary but still talkative wizards sat in a pair of fan-backed chairs and pitched pebbles at the drunken satyr in… — John Bellairs Copy Share Image
“Before the Wright brothers flew, flying was fantasy. Before the civil rights movement, people getting along together and the races being equal… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“One of the most brilliant Russian writers of the twentieth century, Yevgeny Zamyatin belongs to the tradition in Russian literature represented by… — Mirra Ginsburg Copy Share Image
“Unbelievable,” Audrey’s voice squeaked as I pushed past her. “Here we are, talking to you about your freaky little-boy encounter back in… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“[T]he new weird represents a productive experiment in fantasy fiction. The New Wave of the 1960s and 1970s arguably embodied science fiction's… — Darja Malcolm-Clarke Copy Share Image
I thought this was the most incredible opportunity. Because 'Planet Of The Apes,' aside from the fantasy element of talking apes, is… — Matt Reeves Copy Share Image
I had this fantasy of becoming a neurosurgeon. You know, the normal Jewish boy fantasy, but I wanted to be a neurosurgeon… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“Oh heaven and hell, stop with the tears. Given the day Sarah had just had, the tears were logical. But watching her… — Mina Khan Copy Share Image
“If men were ever in a state in which they did not want to know or could not perceive truth (facts or… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
The funny thing is, nationalism only could have come about in Europe after the invention of printing. You could have this thing… — Ben Katchor Copy Share Image
“I think it simply comes down to fantasy being the language I speak. While I cannot get into epic sword and sorcery,… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
Fantasy is the tendency of Americans, going back to colonial times, to look at the Middle East as a type of fractured… — Michael Oren Copy Share Image
I had a recurring fantasy in which I took (Rudy Giuliani) out during a press conference (it was nonlethal, just something that… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“GoogleEarthlike soars his mind, through clouds where snowstorms brew; New York State has dropped away, and Massachusetts flew, and Newfoundland is ice-entombed… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Down through this verdant land Carter walked at evening, and saw twilight float up from the river to the marvelous golden spires… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
It's something I've enjoyed since being a kid, the fantasy of it, the imagining I'm someone other than who I am. I've… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Phonogram was explicitly about our world. It’s a fantasy which is happening around us all, unnoticed except for those who’ve fallen into… — Kieron Gillen Copy Share Image
“There are systems upon systems that are incredible but possessed of a pleasing architecture or a certain agreeable sensationalism. The metaphysicians of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When you have a script, and you're discussing what it can be, and who going to play what role, that's a kind… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
The source of sexual power is curiosity, passion. You are watching its little flame die of asphyxiation. Sex does not thrive on… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Every actor, I don't care what they say, their roles are a lot more interesting than we are, and at the end… — Moon Bloodgood Copy Share Image
I do not think we will see a stateless society in my lifetime. But I am sure we will not see a… — Anthony Gregory Copy Share Image
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me… — Coco Chanel Copy Share Image
“Rule NO 3 [of the Fictional Basketball Player Draft]: Rick Fox isn't allowed to participate in any capacity. There's no real reason… — Shea Serrano Copy Share Image
“Ahmity reached out and created a ball of light in his hand sending it down past Jack and into the cave. He… — Alaina Stanford Copy Share Image
To go into Ukraine and to take over, to invade Crimea, is a huge step. And [Russian President Vladimir Putin] would only… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“As has already been noted, fantastic literature developed at precisely the moment when genuine belief in the supernatural was on the wane,… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“What he'd find there, of course, was up to Pete. But he was sure there were magicians in Tampico and leopard-skins and… — Henry Kuttner Copy Share Image
“It is said that faerie children are not like mortal children. They need little in the way of love. They need not… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
TV is sometimes accused of encouraging fantasies. Its real problem, though, is that it encourages-enforces, almost-a brute realism. It is anti-Utopian in… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“Watching From Withing protagonist Dr. Jesse Baine says, "The only place I can fathom that is truly private is the space between… — Daniel LaMonte Copy Share Image
People are attempting to bring a superficial reality to superheroes which is rather stupid. They work best as the flamboyant fantasies they… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
“Despite their exhaustion and worries, Miner and Ennek made love that night, tracing fingers and tongues over one another's marks and scars.… — Kim Fielding Copy Share Image
“Ryan, if you abandon me here, I will have no choice but to tell your father,” Navinka cut in. “You don’t want… — Sam Dogra Copy Share Image
I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as… — Annaleigh Ashford Copy Share Image
Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
“She knew that her lifework had changed forever that day. She was being called to use her gift to help prevent a… — Patricia Cori Copy Share Image