“[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
The visual palette suggests the creepy pastel paintings of Guy Peellaert (Rock Dreams); the fantasy battles with monsters and samurais echo the… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“I will bear Cloud through the portal,” Fury says as Soar ties the last knot on his armour. “Flay will carry you.”… — Elizabeth Munro Copy Share Image
“The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
There is no nobler chore in the craft of writing than holding up the mirror of reality and turning it slightly, so… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Pakistani feature films are all about catering to the male ego and male fantasy. — Afia Nathaniel 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
Everybody I knew who was really ambitious and kind of annoying wanted to move to New York. I like it here but… — Urs Fischer Copy Share Image
Here is the tragedy of theology in its distilled essence: The employment of high-powered human intellect, of genius, of profoundly rigorous logical… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
“I am the Queen of Elfhame. Even though I am the queen in exile, I am still the queen. And that means… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
I sort of had that fantasy of being one of the muses of Paris and hanging out with Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso. — Bebe Buell Copy Share Image
“One conversation! One simple, honest, true conversation, and all your questions would be answered, all your problems solved! Really, man, is it… — Anne Elisabeth Stengl Copy Share Image
“Either you’re with me or you’re against me. I can’t afford to be looking over my shoulder all the time waiting for… — Kyra Dune Copy Share Image
Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
“I feel like the Earth has cracked open and swallowed me into a bottomless abyss.” — March Lions Copy Share Image
She's the only woman I've ever had a sexual fantasy about. With me, looks come first, and she's everything a woman should… — Rod Stewart Copy Share Image
“Love is when you’d rather see someone one last time and die, than never see their face again.” — Bryan Butvidas Copy Share Image
“In truth, I doubt I'd notice if a herd of giant Irish elk stomped through the entire chamber when I'm in the… — Leigh Ann Edwards Copy Share Image
“It was then that the seven-year-old said, “I am ready. What wonderful place will we visit tonight?” “I can take you wherever… — Cheryl Price Copy Share Image
“In every lifetime there is a moment. A moment so clear, so profoundly unique; that it stands out against billions of other… — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
“My dad liked to say that magic itself is never black; only the uses to which it is put, but mind magic… — Christine Amsden Copy Share Image
“We must be careful what we imagine, fear, or hope for. The echoes of our thought live on in eternity.” — Robert Fanney Copy Share Image
“We hear rumors of a man who leads a rebellion in the forest, determined to drive the invader out. It's said wherever… — Claire M. Banschbach Copy Share Image
“Nanny Ogg was an attractive lady, which is not the same as being beautiful. She fascinated Casanunda. She was an incredibly comfortable… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“But if it so happens ... a work ... under pain of otherwise becoming shameful or false, requires fantasy ... [and that]… — Michaelangelo Copy Share Image
Reason respects the differences, and imagination the similitudes of things. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
I love anything that's mythical, and fantasy is one of my favourite genres. — Amyra Dastur Copy Share Image
“We study," said Serbitar. "And we train, and we plant flowers and raise horses. Our time is well occupied, I can assure… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
“Mmm.” Sebastian moaned. “It’s so delicious.” He laughed then. “It’s not the Poisonous Desert; it’s the Oreo Desert.” He scooped up handfuls… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
Don't accuse anyone with the temerity to question your sad supernatural fantasies of having a 'closed mind' or being 'blind to possibilities'.… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“We may say that the characters in fairytales are ‘good to think with’…[and that] the job of the fairytale is to show… — Brian Wicker Copy Share Image
I think one of things is that all fantasy it seems to me works the way your brain basically works. This is… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
I like dresses for night; I like after-party more than party. I like the mystery; I like the dream, like fantasy dresses.… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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