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
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
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
“It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No...never again...” — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of… — Douglas Coupland 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
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
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
Everyone wants to escape, everyone's drawn to escapism to leave their lives for an hour or two, and we're all so curious… — Josh Bowman Copy Share Image
We've been led to believe that we have a very dumbed-down society - and that people are not thinking and are just… — Kamala Lopez 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
In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism. — Rachel Weisz Copy Share Image
One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety… — Peter George Peterson 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
My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let… — Wayne Brady 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
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very… — Arthur C. Clarke 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
I think we simply all like to project ourselves into somebody else - somebody who is better-looking, richer, smarter. It's comforting. It's… — Richard D. Zanuck Copy Share Image
“To hide away from the world whose loveless heart has gone astray and its inhabitants what could be a safer place than… — Anna Jae Copy Share Image
