Real world Quote by Tom Shippey

“Fiction is a vehicle to escapism. But fantasy, in my opinion, is escapism in its most vibrant and enchanting form.”

— S.J. Pierce

“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

“[We let] the universality of fantasy, of once upon a time, allow escapist fiction to be more than just that - to also bring…

— Guy Gavriel Kay

“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

“Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about.”

— Sanhita Baruah

“Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Fiction is nothing but non-fiction couched to conceal the identity of the writer.”

— Tapan Ghosh

“Fiction is a mix of reality, the interpretation of that reality and a lot of "what if".”

— Jim Sellers

“We're in a strange relationship with our fiction, you see. Sometimes we fear it's taking us over, sometimes we beg to be taken over…

— Warren Ellis Planetary Vol. 2 The Fourth Man

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

“I’m in love with fiction. A fantasy that slips between my fingers when reality sets in.”

— Moryah DeMott

“Fictional stories were written so that they seemed real, kind of like a well-executed lie. Fiction creates an unreal world that's better than the…

— Hiroshi Ishizaki