Books Quote by Christopher Bollen Download Open image “I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?” — Christopher Bollen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Escapism Funny Inspirational Love
“Escapism isn't good or bad of itself. What is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to. I write… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a… — Rebecca Mead Copy Share Image
“And we can read - there is always the prospect of escape, through books." "Books are not a means of 'escape', Meta! Books are… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in a process… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
Movies and novels, the two things that informed and taught me the most, are forms of escapism. I thought that was how life could… — Jason Diamond Copy Share Image
Safety, reputation, their lives, their friends, and their world. Writers typically try to avoid that because it's not expedient. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
You find when you're writing a detective story that you're actually not trying to solve anything. You're trying to stop the reader from solving… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The death drive is parasitic. It runs off of other drives, leeching off of them. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to figure out where I want to be. But it's definitely in New York. I feel like New York throws… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
The Greeks really believed in history. They believed that the past had consequences and that you might be punished for the sins of your… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility. — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
