“Children are capable, of course, of literary belief , when the story-maker's art is good enough to produce it. That state of… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a… — William Weld Copy Share Image
Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
It's absolutely fine when Wile E. Coyote walks in with a band-aid on his head, after a 3,000-pound rock is dropped on… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
I want to regard my public as infinitely intelligent, as understanding notions of the suspension of disbelief and as realising all the… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I definitely prefer the single camera better. For me it's the simple fact that I enjoy working in front of an audience,… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I'm not a moron, but science fiction to me requires a suspension of disbelief and honest curiosity or fascination in that kind… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
To me, when there's movies that are about, you know, guys named Hell Boy, and you know, the issue that they have… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don't know their origins. I think if I did, if I seemed to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the… — Doreen Valiente Copy Share Image
Some popular quotations smell of airless closets. They exhale the stale imagination of the intellectual lower middle class. "Suspension of disbelief" has… — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
There should be a name for this, for the process whereby one knows one is being yanked and concedes it has been… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it. — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the taking up of belief but as "the willing… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
I would go to these 'Supernatural' conventions because, well, one, it's like going to your own version of Disneyland. You're adored for… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
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