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
“His eyeless skull took in the line of costumes, the waxy debris of the makeup table. His empty nostrils snuffed up the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I wanted to just sink into my media downloads for a while and pretend I didn't exist.” — Martha Wells Copy Share Image
I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film. — Freddie Mercury Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism. — Paul Young Copy Share Image
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality. — Shirley Jackson 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’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
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it… — James Cameron 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
“Moreover, people have become accustomed to reading to escape as opposed to reading to think.” — Leigh M. Lane 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
“For I need not remind such an audience as this that the neat sorting out of books into age-groups, so dear to… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Many of us who walk to and fro upon our usual tasks are prisoners drawing mental maps of escape — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
You're used to having a camera in your face when you're playing a character - it's like having a mask on. But… — Sheridan Smith Copy Share Image
“If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face… — Brett Armstrong 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
I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something? — Christopher Bollen 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
“It was an effort formulating this summary, explaining myself. I preferred the distant past, centuries that were over and done with, ghosts… — Leila Aboulela Copy Share Image
Every single bit of entertainment is escapism. It's because you are saying, "Let's see what this other person's life is like." And… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
