Escapist Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Science fiction should not be dismissed as escapism. It is a profound vehicle for talking about social and political issues.

— Robert J. Sawyer

There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment...But it's hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find in the…

— Jonathan Gottschall

“If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by…

— Brett Armstrong

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

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

The cry that 'fantasy is escapist' compared to the novel is only an echo of the older cry that novels are 'escapist' compared with…

— Tom Shippey

“In the language of the day it is customary to describe a certain sort of book as “escapist” literature. As I understand it, the…

— A.A. Milne

“Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those who ate…

— Neil Gaiman

Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.

— Bell Hooks

It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis are much…

— Michael Korda

I think that pretty much every form of fiction (I’d include fantasy, obviously) can actually be a real escape from places where you feel…

— Neil Gaiman