Quotes About Escape

The cinema saved me from being a delinquent. I could have been, but I didn't get caught up. I never was going to get arrested or anything.

I am there to entertain. I call my work high escape fiction; it's high, it's good - but it's escape, and I have no delusions about that. I have no ambition to be a serious writer, whatever that means.

Our delusions of omniscience play a role in our ideas of not only what we want but also what we want to escape.

But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world.

If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying.

West Wittering in Chichester is perfect for a short break and if I've got longer, Devon and Cornwall are my favourites places in Britain.

There's something to be said about living in the present moment. In cooking, you're allowing your mind to just focus on the task at hand, and you're able to escape and put your mind at rest. That's why it becomes meditative.

New rumors that Saddam Hussein is planning to flee to a castle in Libya with 10 billion dollars. Now President Bush doesn't know whether to nuke him or give him a tax cut.

People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.

At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the '80s can be drowned out. For 45 minutes, anyway.

is the only escape plan we need.

We didn't live in a normal world, of course, but in this kiss, it was easy to imagine we did.

been here sooner," growled Wolfe, calling the pack off with a quick gesture. "But that bitch tied me up. Had to wait for the dogs to gnaw through my ropes.

But honestly, I would've gladly settled for Missouri, if only Adrian could be with me, free from pursuit.

It made me wonder just how many girls she'd abducted in the middle of the night.

haven't had to come up with some dreamy escape plan in a while." Sydney trailed her fingers down the side of my face. "That's because we're living it, Adrian. This is the only escape plan we need.

Unable to fight it any longer, she jumped up and made for the door, not even bothering with the beside lamp. Smart. Miranda. Real smart.

it was hard to be miserable living by the beach.

Gold Gate Park.

What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not worth reading.

I write for the girl I once was, who found paradise in the pages of a book and pure music in the characters' voices . . .

It is not real," he whispered. "This place is only a thought that has grabbed hold of you. It cannot harm you. You are not of this place, and it has no power over you. You do not need it, nor do you owe it your allegiance." I nodded, listening only to his words and not to the rattling of the windows, which had begun as soon as we stepped inside.

Leaders typically don't follow the crowd, that is unless they're trying to escape a burning building.