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> [Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it – I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/well-i-really-want-to-encourage-a-kind-of-fantasy-a-kind-of-magic-i/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/terry-gilliam-7704_age_well-i-really-want-to-encourage-a-kind-o_135990.jpg)

## More by Terry Gilliam

> [The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/the-english-are-such-a-frightened-nervous-insecure-group-of-people/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/well-i-really-want-to-encourage-a-kind-of-fantasy-a-kind-of-magic-i/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-was-doing-political-cartoons-and-getting-angry-to-the-point-where-i/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-m-trying-to-escape-by-forming-my-own-kind-of-world-basically-i-m/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/hyperbole-is-something-id-better-avoid/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-was-getting-frustrated-with-america-it-s-interesting-how-as-simple/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-m-overwhelmed-by-writers-most-people-aren-t-impressed-by-writers/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/nobody-went-to-see-tideland-i-was-hoping-people-would-get-angry-about/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/fantasy-isn-t-just-a-jolly-escape-it-s-an-escape-but-into-something/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/it-s-hard-for-me-to-worry-about-the-studios-losing-money-i-m-not-very/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/hyperbole-is-something-i-d-better-avoid/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/when-it-came-to-slaughtering-sacred-cows-with-such-crude-yet-perfect/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-ve-given-up-asking-questions-l-merely-float-on-a-tsunami-of/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/you-know-the-hardest-thing-to-do-in-hollywood-is-burn-bridges-there/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

> [Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/once-the-voices-are-in-your-head-it-s-either-make-a-movie-or-kill-a/)

[Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/)

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