Able Quote by Alison Gopnik

Imaginary friends are one of the weirder forms of pretend play in childhood. But the research shows that imaginary friends actually help children understand…

— Alison Gopnik

When I was a kid, I had two friends, and they were imaginary and they would only play with each other.

— Rita Rudner

My imaginary friends have become my imaginary children.

— Chris Colfer

On the spectrum of imagination, there are people who are more imaginative than others - I guess some kids are hardcore pretenders and have…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I've always had a really active imagination. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Mine just took on a rather demonic form.

— Claire Danes

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.

— Ethan Hawke

“Pretend" often confuses the adult, but it is the child's real and serious world, the stage upon which any identity is possible and secret…

— Vivian Gussin Paley

Prompting children to create imaginary worlds is hugely important.

— Sheila Hancock

The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it.

— Bryce Dallas Howard

what is an imaginary friend? are there also imaginary enemies?

— Lynda Barry

“The Imaginary Friend”

— Kelly Hashway

“Most of us are used to thinking that “imaginary” is the opposite of “real.” That is, when we imagine things, we are just making…

— Linda Bender