As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
“Sirius was a brave, clever, and energetic man, and such men are not usually content to sit at home in hiding while… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“What I knew for sure was that he had a quick temper, a cocky attitude, and a southern accent... Apparently he also… — Stacy Mantle Copy Share Image
I suppose actors crave attention of some kind or they have suffered some form of arrested development and are still living in… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
“ 'The grief didn't fade, but it changed into something I could carry around with me, a noose I wore around my… — Sara Bell Copy Share Image
Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
It was more dangerous not to go; I was running the risk of becoming trapped in my own fantasies. So I was… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
“Those secrets residing in their hearts and minds held magnificent Energy. Humans were too inept to see it as anything but evil.” — Auden Johnson 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 know what was happening to me during the 2012 London Olympics. I was in a fantasy world. You look this side,… — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
Speak of the appetite for drink; or of a bon-vivant's relish for dinner! What are these mere animal throes and ragings compared… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“HARV appeared in front of me, arms crossed, head tilted. “You really should read your e-mails from Randy more carefully,” he lectured.… — John Zakour Copy Share Image
Another sex worker and writer I respect put it this way: she said that as a writer, you're not about pleasing people,… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
“I had the view of a castle of romance inhabited by a rosy spirit, such a place as would somehow, for diversion… — Henry James Copy Share Image
People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized-not just for Bruce Wayne, but for… — Kevin Conroy Copy Share Image
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. This is a mental illness. It is like looking through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.… — Joo Won Copy Share Image
Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the… — Fausto Cercignani Copy Share Image
The magical story is not a microscope but a mirror, not a drop of water but a well. It is not simply… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
“Kevin was sitting on the railing waiting patiently and looking up at the sky with his mouth agape in a totally comical… — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . .… — Joe Orton 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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
“Fictional worlds are a great place to indulge in unspoken fantasies. . . like writing the dad you never had. . .… — Jc Morrows Copy Share Image
“Maybe they want us to feel uneasy. Maybe they think we’ll make a mistake if they’re constantly breathing down our necks.’ I… — Rosie Pugh Copy Share Image
I avoided nudity unless a film couldn't be told without those scenes. If you look at my films, few of them have… — Greta Scacchi Copy Share Image
You spend all this time, as a child, coming up with these fantasy stories, and here I am, sleeping in a treehouse,… — James Badge Dale Copy Share Image
“Money to Burn” is a fantasy. I mean, I would love for that to be a true story. Most of my songs… — Ladyhawke Copy Share Image
“Oh. C’mon, pretty girl. I like it when ya scream.” The leader breathed into my ear. I spat as good as I… — J.L. Clayton 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
I know for a fact that this idea of the Jews causing the war and the Jews being so all important is… — Joachim von Ribbentrop Copy Share Image
When I was playing Dracula I had to switch off from the reality and fall into this fantasy world. Otherwise I just… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind… — Diablo Cody 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
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
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 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
![“We may say that the characters in fairytales are ‘good to think with’…[and that] the job of the fairytale is to show that Why? questions cannot be answered except in one way: by telling the stories. The story does not contain the answer, it is the answer.” quote by Brian Wicker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b7/brian-wicker-224654_fairy_we-may-say-that-the-characters-in-fairyt_2713569.jpg)
