“I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.” BigsFunStuffInterestingFantasyCrazyGenreFun ThingsGalsInteresting Stuff Author:Anna Paquin
“What I write, if you have to label it, is crossover, and I think that much of the stuff that is called children's or YA is in fact crossover and is equally valid for anyone who likes to read fantasy.” IfsThinkingWritingChildrenFactsStuffFantasyLikesLabelsCrossover Author:Robin McKinley
“I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written.” SongStuffFantasyWritten Author:Don McLean
“I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they become old adults, but I never did. I was always interested in the fantasy world created in those novels.” PeopleThinkingWorldYoungLiteratureStuffBehindsFantasyNovelAdultsYoung AdultConsumersAvidFantasy Worlds Author:Diablo Cody
“My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It's just where they think it will do best in the bookshops.” ThinkingCountryStuffFictionFantasyBookshops Author:Neil Gaiman
“A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science fiction that imbued you with a sense of wonder, and mainstream journalism that gave you clear and concise information in a way that you wanted it.” WayShouldWritingMadeAbleWantedStuffFictionWonderFantasyLaughingClearInformationScience FictionScaredScaryJournalismMainstreamGood WritersComedicSense Of WonderConciseScary Stuff Author:Neil Gaiman
“It's funny because when I was growing up, I was really into science fiction and fantasy as a kid. And, when I first became a screenwriter, I ended up really just doing historical drama and non-fiction based stuff, like Band of Brothers and stuff that didn't get made, but was also non-fiction.” FirstsMadeKidsStuffFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDramaBandScience FictionHistoricalNon FictionScreenwritersScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:John Orloff
“I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out of all the books that there were to read in the library. I was keen on reading stuff that took me to other places.” YearsBookThreeReadingStuffFictionFantasyScience FictionLibraryRanThree Years Author:Terry Pratchett
“I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I just love the embellishments and the magical stuff. It's such fun to work with and to re-imagine your own way.” WayMomentsKidsFunStuffFantasyImagineExcitingTalesFairyDullFairy TaleEmbellishment Author:Gail Carson Levine
“Ultimately, all I wanted was for players to feel like they were in the real world. I wanted them to be able to apply real world common sense to the problems confronting them, and I thought recreating real world locations would encourage that kind of thinking. There's also just a real power, a real thrill, when you fire up a game and see a place you've been or want to go, and then get to do all the stuff you WANT to do there but know you'll get arrested if you try! If that isn't the stuff of fantasy - far more than exploring some goofy dwarven mine or alien spaceship - I don't know what is!” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWantFeelsTryingKindRealProblemAbleWantedGamesStuffCommonFantasyFirePlayerMinesCommon SenseAliensReal WorldExploringLocationThrillArrestedSpaceshipsConfrontingGoofyReal Power Author:Warren Spector
“When I write a story, I just wanna tell you what's in my head. It can come from real life and then turn into fantasy, stuff just rhyming. And write about what you know. I just like to tell stories that have not been told or [told] from my perspective.” KnowsWritingRealStoriesTurnsStuffFantasyPerspectiveReal LifeRhyming Author:Nas
“The censors don't bother with fantasy books, especially old ones. They can't understand them. They think it's all kids' stuff. They'd die if they knew what The Chronicles of Narnia were really about.” IfsThinkingBookKidsDiesStuffFantasyBotherChroniclesNarniaFantasy Books Book:Alif the Unseen Source: Alif the Unseen
“I had a book that was given to me as a kid that was called 'Faeries.' It was this dark, sinister book with pictures that used to scare me because they were these creepy little creatures. But, I was always really drawn to that fantasy world, more than a sci-fi world, in terms of outer space stuff.” WorldLittlesBookKidsUsedGivenStuffTermDarkSpaceFantasyCreaturesScareSci FiCreepyFaerieSinisterOuter SpaceFantasy Worlds Author:Anna Silk
“I'm a big fan of the '80s fantasy genre that I grew up watching, movies like "Krull" and "Clash of the Titans" and "Time Bandits" and all that stuff.” BigsStuffFantasyFansGrewGrew UpGenre80sClashTitansBandits Author:Zooey Deschanel
“I want to try to apply my abilities sometimes to make families happy, so I have to make movies at a venue that are not gratuitously violent, that are not using bullets and bloodshed, but are using things like magic and fantasy and enchantment and the imagination. To me that's just all positive stuff. But I am eclectic and I still like to make movies for the midnight audience as well.” WantTryingWellsStillsSometimesStuffImaginationAbilityFantasyAudienceMagicViolentBulletsMidnightEnchantmentVenuesBloodshedEclectic Author:Nicolas Cage
“I've read fantasy my whole life. Quite literally; my mom read me The Hobbit before I could read stuff to myself. So I love fantasy; that's what I read for fun, it's what I read professionally to keep abreast of what's in the genre - it's where my heart is.” HeartWholeFunStuffFantasyMomMy HeartMy MomWhole LifeGenre Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I think we've always, as a species, been fascinated with stuff that we don't understand. Anytime someone can shed light on that, whether it's legit or just somebody's fantasy of what that stuff is, I think people take notice.” PeopleThinkingLightStuffFantasySpeciesFascinatedShedLegit Author:James Roday
“The [palette] fantasy is always to get what you want, what you wear, and to be able to take it with you, so you don't have to bring all the other stuff. I just started digging through my drawers of my favorites, and I asked myself what is it that I cant live without?” WantAbleStuffFantasyWhat You WantCantDiggingDrawersPalette Author:Gwen Stefani
“A fact was the hard outer cover of meaning, and meaning was the soft living stuff inside a fact. Fact and meaning were the driving cogs of living. If the gear of fact drove the gear of meaning, then they revolved in opposite directions, but put the gear of fantasy between the two and they both revolved in the same direction. Fantasy was and is important; it leads to heaven knows where, but follow it and see. Sometimes it pays off.” IfsKnowsTwoImportantSometimesHardFactsHeavenStuffPayFantasyOppositesDrivingGearsCogs Author:Fynn
“I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds, or sometimes three worlds, where you have a normal world and a fantasy world that mix and overlap. I never shy away from the series stuff in the real world. Big Fish is about mortality.” WorldTwoRealSometimesBigsThreeStuffFantasyWrittenNormalSeriesFishesShyMortalityReal WorldTwo WorldsFantasy WorldsBig Fish Author:John August
“I was always really drawn to that fantasy world, more than a sci-fi world, in terms of outer space stuff. I think it's so cool.” ThinkingWorldStuffTermSpaceFantasySci FiOuter SpaceFantasy Worlds Author:Anna Silk
“There's a lot of dark horror, and a lot of sci-fi fantasy that's great, but what gets hyped a lot the big stuff. The most expensive stuff gets hyped a lot, and I love it, don't get me wrong, but there's things that fall through the cracks.” BigsFallStuffDarkFantasyHorrorExpensiveCracksSci FiBig Stuff Author:Robert Englund
“The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams and longings and hopes and fears and strivings out of your subconscious and call them 'magic' or 'dragons' or 'faeries' and get to know them better. But then I write the stuff. Obviously I'm prejudiced.” KnowsWritingDreamStuffFantasyMagicLongingStriveGreat ThingsDragonsDragSubconsciousFaerieHopes And Fears Author:Robin McKinley
“With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy—something a lot of people didn’t notice and maybe still don’t. He brought the story down to a human level, dispensing with the cliché archetypes of princes, kings, and evil sorcerers. Reading his stuff was like reading Vietnam War fiction on peyote.” PeopleHumansStillsWarStoriesFacesEvilReadingStuffBlackLevelsFictionCompanyFantasyChangedKingsSeriesCooksVietnamVietnam WarArchetypePeyote Author:Steven Erikson
“Keep your shirt on," she said with a laugh at her bad joke. "Your clothes are at the laundry. They'll deliver them as soon as they're ready." "And in the meantime?" "Looks like you're naked." His jaw worked as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "I beg your pardon?" "Beg all you want, you're still going to be naked." Tabitha paused at the wicked image in her mind. "Come to think of it, a gorgeous, begging, naked man… that's the stuff of fantasies. Begging won't get you your clothes, but it could get you something else." She wiggled her eyebrows at him.” IfsThinkingMenWantMindBelieveLooksSaidStillsStuffFantasyLaughingReadyLike YouClothesJokesHearingNakedShirtsWickedGorgeousEyebrowsPardonBeggingLaundryBad Jokes Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Bog-lights, vapors of mysticism, psychic overtones, soul orgies, wailings among the shadows, weird gnosticisms, veils and tissues of words, gibbering subjectivisms, gropings and maunderings, ontological fantasies ... this is the stuff, the phantasms of hope, that fills your book shelves. Look at them, all the sad wraiths of sad mad men and passionate rebels — your Schopenhauers, your Strindbergs, your Tolstois and Nietzsches. Come. Your glass is empty. Fill and forget.” BookLightStuffForgetFantasyEmptyGlassesMysticismShelvesPsychicsVeilsTissuesHallucinationsGnosticismVaporBogsSubjectivism Author:Jack London
“When I first saw Ellie, I knew it was her-- she was my fantasy. I didn't want it to be true, but every time I met her it was obvious, and the funny thing was that she was better than the fantasy, like I got more stuff than I'd imagined.” WantFirstsStuffFantasySawsMetsObviousBeing TrueFunny Things Book:You Against Me Source: You Against Me
“Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had.” PeopleLongRealStuffFantasyMadReal LifePerformingFreaking OutLashing Out Author:Colin Mochrie
“I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.” ThinkingRealMightWould BeNightStuffGoalFantasyComedyReal LoveBrooksSketch Comedy Author:Illeana Douglas
“I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsBigsWould BeGivenStuffTermFantasyAnnoyingGiven UpWeird Stuff Author:Julian Casablancas
“People do amazing things for love. Books are full of wonderful stories about this kind of stuff, and stories aren’t just fantasies, you know. They’re so much a part of the people who write them that they practically teach their readers invaluable lessons about life.” PeopleKnowsWritingKindBookStoriesStuffTeachFantasyWonderfulReaderLessonsAmazing ThingsInvaluable Book:Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel Source: Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel
“I'll protect myself by making up all this crazy stuff. It'll be like a little shell. Like an Easter egg shell that's all decorated.” LittlesStuffFantasyCrazyProtectEggsShellsEasterMaking UpEaster Egg Author:Edie Brickell
“People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff.” PeopleLoveLawGuyFightingIndividualStuffFantasyElementsOrganizedBad GuysSimpler Times Author:Clint Eastwood