Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain,… — Charles Mackay Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a doctor originally; that was my realistic dream, because I knew how to get there. Being a pop… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
“But what if Oscar—” “Breathes fire and threatens to cook you over a grill?” “I was thinking what if he gets mad,… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Dee Dee was very childlike. He had a vivid imagination, and the two books he wrote were 75 per cent fact, 25… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
“Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very… — Karen Azinger Copy Share Image
“And the more he gazed at her, the more he felt a twinge of something he couldn’t quite describe, an unknown surge… — J.L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them,… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
When I started experimenting with fantasy and horror films and looking for characters who had some sort of emotional or mental difficulty,… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
“Their characteristics are well-known. They're beautiful -- when they're not astoundingly ugly. They're both goddesses for men to worship, and demons for… — Marie Brennan Copy Share Image
I came," she said, "hoping you could talk me out of a fantasy." Cherish it!" cried Hilarious, fiercely. "What else do any… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
I was just excited by the whole prospect of working in a television series in Hollywood. I had never anticipated that as… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing -… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The rolled toile slowly climbed up the bathroom wall. Tearing the chewed gum into pieces, the little green arms and hands secured… — Mary K. Savarese Copy Share Image
The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you… — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
“Then he was there, turned half toward her with a guarded expression etched across his face. She didn't stop or even slow… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
“Life itself has lost its plane reality: it is projected, not along the old fixed points, but along the dynamic coordinates of… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
The censors don't bother with fantasy books, especially old ones. They can't understand them. They think it's all kids' stuff. They'd die… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't say things like "the grace of God." All that's white noise to me, not because I'm an intellectual. For many… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic… — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated, for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
“He clamped her body to his as if by the sheer force of his embrace he could crawl inside her soul and… — C.L. Wilson Copy Share Image
My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
Children read to learn - even when they are reading fantasy, nonsense, light verse, comics or the copy on cereal packets, they… — Joan Aiken Copy Share Image
The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but… — Adam Arkin Copy Share Image
I enjoy creating and developing characters, as well as situations. But I have always had more ideas than I can ever put… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
It wasn't something that I really wanted or had dreamed about. Because of your socioeconomic status or your culture, you think you… — Yalitza Aparicio Copy Share Image
“Achan gritted his teeth and recalled Sir Eagan's words. Love was not taking because you wanted, he'd said. Love was sacrifice.” — Jill Williamson Copy Share Image
Analysts say Obama's new immigration plan will focus on deporting violent criminals. So, this could impact your fantasy football team. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Only in stillness the wind Only from ice the flame. When all were Nameless, the wise will tell It was only by… — Jess E. Owen Copy Share Image
“Time is a funny thing. You can go through it and meddle with it, but nothing can stay permanent. So even if… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
When men are growing up and they're reading about Batman, Spiderman, Superman ... those are not fantasies ... they're options. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
“It made the woman feel like a thousand seas had come together from all worlds, like faraway lands had been bridged together,… — M.C. Sburlea Copy Share Image
“Shut up!" Finn turned, furious. "Look at you both! The only friends I have in this hell and all you can do… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“As for peace, it was never free and laws were made to be broken. Peacemaker or lawbreaker, someone, somewhere always paid the… — Virginia McKevitt Copy Share Image
I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
Information doesn’t deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
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