Quotes About Escapism

Real life's only bearable if you don't have to live in it all the time

Let's be honest. We all in our secret minds live elsewhere, or who could survive in this freakin' world?

We all numb. We all have different numbing agents of choice—food, work, social media, shopping, television, video games, porn, booze (from beer in a brown paper bag to the socially acceptable but equally dangerous "fine wine" hobby)—but we all do it. And when we chronically and compulsively turn to these numbing agents, it's addiction, not just taking the edge off.

Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.

I love 'Gossip Girl' for so many reasons. The show is like candy: a delicious treat for fans.

And in my novels I live many lives. Substitutes of spontaneity to replace a dreary reality. How I live for those inky black words and kaleidoscope colored experiences.

I often like to enjoy the beauty of a beautiful book.

I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism.

This, it would turn out, is the main thing we had in common: a susceptibility to the brassy escapism of myth.

If you want an MMO, there are plenty out there. The difference with a single player game is that in the same way you lose yourself in a good novel, you can lose yourself in a single player story. You see it in all these games, where you can fill your house with turnips or decorate your armour with a dragon skull.

Top Gear' is for the whole family, regardless of gender, sitting down together to enjoy some slightly silly escapism.

It's a beacon of hope in a dark world. You watch 'The Muppets' and you're smiling for an hour and a half, and then you go outside, and the economy is in crisis.

To avoid being with yourself, you need to take something to numb you, to take your mind away from yourself. Perhaps some alcohol is going to help. Perhaps some drugs will help. Perhaps eating — just eat, eat, eat. The self-abuse can get much worse. There are people who really feel self-hatred. They are self-destructive, killing themselves little by little, because they don't have the courage to kill themselves fast. If

What am I crying for, when I've got some wine?

Really, there are books meant for daytime reading and books that are only be read at night.

I love TV as a viewer.

I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy.

I love going to movies.

I don't think it necessarily makes me want to go back to my 20s, but what I love about playing any type of character is the escapism.

I love trashy reality TV - all of it.

When you watch television, you never see people watching television. We love television because it brings us a world in which television does not exist.

I love going to movie theaters, even in the era of movies on-demand and Netflix. When you are in a movie theater, no one can reach you by phone or other means.

It's a world where getting stoned is the only option.