Quotes About Escapism

The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more miserable than the people reading about them for escapism.

Man, if I was back home, I'd be swinging with two chicks on my arms.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self knowledge.

The mind couldn't think about the End of the World all the time. It needed the occasional break, a romp through the trivial.

scattering of schizophrenic first worlders who have long ago burned their brains to ash in the radiant heat of their own imaginings.

I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.

He'd been so neglected as a child that the withdrawal of love pulled all his emotional triggers, exploding the carapace of narcissism built by his childhood escapism. As

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

Into the world of romance, of make-belief and double brandies!

For the most part, I think that people enjoy seeing a movie where they can just have fun.

I think I spend most of my time not living in reality, actually.

I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is medicinal, and I think there is an escapism aspect - an act of self-care.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the one or the other, according to his mood.

There, Master Niketas,' Baudolino said, 'when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted my nights to imagining other worlds. A bit with the help of wine, and a bit with that of the green honey. There is nothing better than imagining other worlds,' he said, 'to forget the painful one we live in. At least so I thought then. I hadn't yet realized that, imagining other worlds, you end up changing this one.

I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.

I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.

Katherine, after all, had a way of turning all her feelings into food for the demons.

Fantasy is often better than reality. It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.

I write because, as wonderful as life is - and it is truly wonderful - it isn't enough. It does not, for example, contain dragons. I find this unsatisfactory. So I read. And I write.

In the thick of play, his daydreams were so vivid that a glimpse of reality would have shocked him.

What do you think I live on, rainwater and daydreams?

I have an idea," Simon said. "Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?" "Vividly," Jace said. "It was a dark time.