Quotes from Sheila Ballantyne

The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images.

Sundays are terrible because it is clear that there is no one in charge of the world. And this knowledge leave you drifting around, grappling with unfulfilled expectations and vague yearnings.

Life is like a great jazz riff. You sense the end the very moment you were wanting it to go on forever.

Illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions.

You can always trust information given to you by people who are crazy. They have access to truth not available through regular channels.

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.

You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels.

It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

I can't wait fifteen years to do my work: Because my ideas are coming now.

If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.