--- title: "12 Wish Fulfillment Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Wish Fulfillment quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Wish Fulfillment sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/david-leitch-12294_cinema_all-film-at-the-end-of-the-day-has-wish_2228719.jpg" --- > [All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leitch/all-film-at-the-end-of-the-day-has-wish-fulfillment/) [David Leitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/david-leitch-12294_cinema_all-film-at-the-end-of-the-day-has-wish_2228719.jpg) > [Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baudrillard/like-dreams-statistics-are-a-form-of-wish-fulfillment/) [Jean Baudrillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baudrillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/jean-baudrillard-1500_data_like-dreams-statistics-are-a-form-of-wis_1998249.jpg) > [All of us write wish fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/all-of-us-write-wish-fulfillment/) [Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/lee-child-980_fulfillment_all-of-us-write-wish-fulfillment-2512930_2512930.jpg) > [These people I play are not usually wish-fulfillment characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-spall/these-people-i-play-are-not-usually-wish-fulfillment-characters/) [Timothy Spall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-spall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/timothy-spall-13592_character_these-people-i-play-are-not-usually-wish_24804.png) > [If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hanks/if-you-look-at-romantic-comedies-as-pieces-of-commerce-the-audience/) [Tom Hanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hanks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/tom-hanks-1717_audience_if-you-look-at-romantic-comedies-as-piec_48400.jpg) > [Harry Potter' is my favorite series, and I've always loved that wish fulfillment, 'anything is possible' idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jeffery/harry-potter-is-my-favorite-series-and-i-ve-always-loved-that-wish/) [Sarah Jeffery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jeffery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/sarah-jeffery-20673_fulfillment_harry-potter-is-my-favorite-series-and-i_2564976.jpg) > [For some people they say, it's about wish fulfillment, it's about the things you are never able to do in your day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-harris/for-some-people-they-say-it-s-about-wish-fulfillment-it-s-about-the/) [Shelby Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/shelby-harris-10520_able_for-some-people-they-say-it-s-about-wish_1928308.jpg) > [My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-white/my-first-job-was-with-dawson-s-creek-where-everybody-looked-good-and/) [Mike White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/mike-white-9925_better_my-first-job-was-with-dawson-s-creek-whe_1428845.png) > [As far as superhero stories, what's appealing is of course that aspect of wish fulfillment. I mean, you start out reading them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appealing-is-of-course-that-aspect/) [John Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ridley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/john-ridley-4100_appealing_as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appea_1527108.jpg) > [The wish fulfillment of growing younger is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. You have new problems that arise which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-roth/the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger-is-not-necessarily-all-it-s/) [Eric Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/eric-roth-31431_accomplished_the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger_1617962.jpg) > [“I was watching Booknotes on CSPAN the other day and got caught up in an interview with a literary critic from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-other-day-and-got-caught-up-in/) [Donald Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/donald-miller-607_harry-potter-series_i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-ot_1868111.jpg) > [“To eat one's fill, eat until the exhaustion of the appetite, was the principal pleasure that the peasants dangled before their imagination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/to-eat-one-s-fill-eat-until-the-exhaustion-of-the-appetite-was-the/) [Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/robert-darnton-20759_dreams-coming-true_to-eat-one-s-fill-eat-until-the-exhausti_2618375.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wish-fulfillment/#itemlist", "name": "Wish Fulfillment Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Leitch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leitch/all-film-at-the-end-of-the-day-has-wish-fulfillment/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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I mean, you start out reading them as a kid, and a couple things jump out at you - there are heroes out there, and you wish you could run into a phone booth and change your life, or be like Peter Parker and put on a mask and become a hero.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Ridley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ridley/as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appealing-is-of-course-that-aspect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/john-ridley-4100_appealing_as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appea_1527108.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/john-ridley-4100_appealing_as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appea_1527108.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/john-ridley-4100_appealing_as-far-as-superhero-stories-what-s-appea_1527108.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As far as superhero stories, what's appealing is of course that aspect of wish fulfillment. 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What have I accomplished?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Roth" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-roth/the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger-is-not-necessarily-all-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/eric-roth-31431_accomplished_the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger_1617962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/eric-roth-31431_accomplished_the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger_1617962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/eric-roth-31431_accomplished_the-wish-fulfillment-of-growing-younger_1617962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The wish fulfillment of growing younger is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. You have new problems…” — Eric Roth", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was watching Booknotes on CSPAN the other day and got caught up in an interview with a literary critic from the New York Times.The interviewer asked the critic why he thought the Harry Potter series was selling so many copies. “Wish fulfillment,” the critic answered. He said the lead character in the book could wave a wand and make things happen, and this is one of the primary fantasies of the human heart. I think this is true. I call it “Clawing for Eden.”But the Bible says Eden is gone, and as much as we want to believe we can fix our lives in about as many steps as it takes to make a peanut-butter sandwich, I don’t believe we can.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Donald Miller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-miller/i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-other-day-and-got-caught-up-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/donald-miller-607_harry-potter-series_i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-ot_1868111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/donald-miller-607_harry-potter-series_i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-ot_1868111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/donald-miller-607_harry-potter-series_i-was-watching-booknotes-on-cspan-the-ot_1868111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was watching Booknotes on CSPAN the other day and got caught up in an interview with a literary critic…” — Donald Miller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To eat one's fill, eat until the exhaustion of the appetite, was the principal pleasure that the peasants dangled before their imagination, and one that they rarely realized in their lives. They [the peasants] also imagined other dreams coming true, including the standard run of castles and princesses. But their wishes usually remained fixed on common objects in the everyday world. One hero gets \"a cow and some chickens\"; another, an armoire full of linens. A third settles for light work, regular meals, and a pipe full of tobacco. 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