Quotes about Escapism

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

You should dream more, Mr Wormold. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.' 2

I sat back in the corner with a heavy mug of dark beer and an opened glazed-paper package of pretzels and ate the pretzels for the salty flavor and the good way they made the beer taste and read about disaster.

I drank a bottle of wine for company.

The need for frequent chemical vacations from intolerable selfhood and repulsive surroundings will undoubtedly remain. What is needed is a new drug which will relieve and console our suffering species without doing more harm in the long run than it does good in the short.

Punctured, utterly deflated, he dropped into a chair and, covering his face with his hands, began to weep. A few minutes later, however, he thought better of it and took four tablets of soma. Upstairs in his room the Savage was reading Romeo and Juliet.

But the need for frequent chemical vacations from intolerable selfhood and repulsive surroundings will undoubtedly remain.

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life.

I made this film 'The Beach,' which didn't take place in a city, and it didn't really suit me.

I'm the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.

I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.