Escapism Quotes

I take escapism from books.

— Vick Hope

Escapism is survival to me.

— Johnny Depp

I sell escapism.

— Jimmy Buffett

Writing is my escapism.

— Ant Anstead

“Imagination is the first step to escapism…”

— Sultry Summers

The whole idea of escapism really resonates with a lot of kids.

— Robbie Kay

My books are just pure escapism for kids.

— Dav Pilkey

Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape

— William Shakespear

Music is escapism, it's entertainment.

— Andy Taylor

My head'll explode if I continue with this escapism.

— Jess C Scott

Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.

— Perry Farrell

“He's an escapist. He wants to cultivate his interior garden.”

— Nathanael West

“All books are escapism. They are life with the boring bits cut out.”

— Jean Chapman

People want to be entertained when they watch dramas. 'Mistresses' has a mixture of escapism and reality.

— Shelley Conn

“Sleeplessness kept claiming her nights, and she used books as shields against the onslaught of her abstract terrors.”

— Hernan Diaz

“Art is just escapism." Liam muttered. "It's not escapism. It's the truth.”

— Kaisa Winter

That is what art is at the end of the day: It's an escapism that we all crave.

— Lauren Jauregui

I lived in those old movie houses as a kid. I just loved them. What total escapism for someone.

— Tab Hunter

“Sleeping is the most common attempt to temporarily escape reality.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It's fogging a little, but I won't slip off and hide in it. No...never again...”

— Ken Kesey

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

“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

It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis…

— Michael Korda

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

Escapism and wonder is influence. It makes you feel good, and that allows you to do things. You just keep on moving…

— Michael Jackson

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is…

— Chuck D

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

I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different…

— Will Poulter

“People like to believe that they have several options open to them, but this is only a justification for attempting to avoid…

— Théun Mares

Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the…

— Terry Pratchett

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

“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

Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it,…

— Adyashanti

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

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

“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

“We both knew no bounds to our escapism.”

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

'Strictly' is feel-good escapism.

— Tess Daly

Music can be a source of escapism.

— Danielle de Niese

“Sniffing glue is a homeless nonbeliever's prayer.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana