There's always been this strand of filmmaking in Britain which is like socialist neo-realism. That's always been there. I've never been part… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
“Fictional stories were written so that they seemed real, kind of like a well-executed lie. Fiction creates an unreal world that's better… — Hiroshi Ishizaki Copy Share Image
Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits and the cute creatures are… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“What's a horse doing on a spaceship" "What's pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Mickey, get a little perspective!" Dr. Who "The… — Stephen Moffat Copy Share Image
I have this fantasy of relaxing and doing nothing. But I'm obviously very passionate about stand-up comedy. I mean, I keep doing… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
“Next time when I dive into the territory that I had lived next to, where my sister grew up, I know what… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Imagination stimulates your thinking power by giving your mind abundant data with which to work. It opens the gate to dreams and… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“I slipped in and out of consciousness as time stretched and flowed around me. Dreams and reality blurred, but I liked the… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But… — David Brin Copy Share Image
There's this idea that it's all natural, but everything's been staged to look natural. It is also an invention. It's just that… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Glamour is an imaginative process that creates a specific emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration, and aspiration. It evokes… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“I recognized it instantly. It was a made-up story, a fantasy, the tale of four kids who went through a magic wardrobe… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Escaping into the fantasy of intellectual investigation or narrative story telling makes me feel hopeful. That too is a fiction, but one… — Andrew Neel Copy Share Image
“I want to hate you, to loathe you, to detest you, but for all my attempts, the need to touch you is… — Nely Cab Copy Share Image
“My father always said that government is like watching another man piss in your boot. Someone feels better but it certainly isn't… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I'm not a science-fiction writer. I've only written one book that's science fiction, and that's Fahrenheit 451. All the others are fantasy. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
That was the action figure I was playing with. I grew up having this fantasy of being a superhero, being Princess Power. — Milla Jovovich Copy Share Image
The context for music is varied and profound. If their fantasy is to be awakened-so that their sounds may be incisive or… — Russell Sherman Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I write Urban Fantasy, but its more like Die Hard or Indiana Jones with Fairies, Mummies and a Vampire who uses… — Kevin James Breaux Copy Share Image
While I am sure there are a number of women who secretly wonder whether they are lesbian, most simply have, somewhere, a… — Nigella Lawson Copy Share Image
“Funny how being a grown-up didn’t make you any less glad to have a mom on the scene. Whether it was your… — Dani Harper Copy Share Image
“Sublime wonders lie in store, I am shown a regal residence; a mighty kingdom, an empire with more grandeur than before ...” — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Let me get this thing straight, Inigo--we had SCRAPS for dinner? I'M in YOUR fantasy and the best you can come up… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
She’d already decided to be with him. If only to wipe him from her mind, get him out of her system and… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
“In my anger, I slew you twice. I saw you only as the dragon, and I forgot what you were meant to… — Anne Elisabeth Stengl Copy Share Image
Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting,… — Claudia Christian Copy Share Image
“He had taken the precaution of closing the inside shutters of the only window, and his staff, though it leaned lightly on… — John Bellairs Copy Share Image
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
“I would have hoped you would have learned by now. No matter, a man who refuses to face his destiny offers himself… — J.B. Lion Copy Share Image
“Fictional worlds are a great place to indulge in unspoken fantasies. . . like writing the dad you never had. . .… — Jc Morrows Copy Share Image
“His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle… — T. A. Miles Copy Share Image
The fantasy never got beyond that—I didn’t let it—and though the tears rolled down my face, I wasn’t sobbing or out of… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“It should be particularly stressed that the fantastic makes no sense in an out-and-out strange world. To imagine the fantastic in it… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
To imagine that "God moves in mysterious ways" is to put up a smokescreen of mystery behind which fantasy may survive in… — Barbara Smoker Copy Share Image
