Fantasy Quotes

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Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere. — Don Roff
The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is full of surprises,… — Russell Lynes
And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time… — Peter Shaffer
I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did. — Peter Shaffer
Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or… — Ann Druyan
I am a hopeless romantic. A silly, ridiculous, foolish romantic. I live in a fantasy land. I need to get real. And now, for the… — Alexandra Potter
Electric light is just another instrument. I have no desire to contrive fantasies mediumistically or sociologically over it or beyond it. — Dan Flavin
The incessant perpetuation of collective fantasies makes people crave the truth and nothing but the truth - reality is the fastest American commodity. — Aleksandar Hemon
To search means, first, I need Being, Truth; second, I do not know where to find it; and third, an action takes place that is… — Jacob Needleman
Darwin, Marx, and Freud meet. They may have understood other things, but the human soul, and in particular the soul of Culture-man, they did not… — Francis Parker Yockey
Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering… — Jeffrey Rosen
Poetry restores language by breaking it, and I think that much contemporary writing restores fantasy, as a genre of writing in contrast to a genre… — Michael Cisco
Angels, demons, sex. Heaven, hell, war. Blood and royalty, history and magic, fire and ice. And a story you cannot put down. This is fantasy… — Stephen Graham Jones
The MagiciansÂ brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking whatâ€™s simple on the surface and turning it over to show us… — Naomi Novik
There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that… — Raj Patel
The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or… — Peter Wessel Zapffe
Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that people make wonderful… — Nick Mason
If we remain wedded to the way education is currently provided we cannot imagine other ways. We need some imagination, some fantasy, some new ways… — Hedley Beare
In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things exist and cannot… — Will Shetterly
When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Doesn't everyone have a random… — Nancy Lublin

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