“I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.” KidsWantedFantasyPregnantEcstaticBeing PregnantNappies Author:Elizabeth McGovern
“I always hated those fantasy books where, at the end, all the kids had to go home. At the end of a Narnia book, you always got shown the door. Same with The Wizard Of Oz and The Phantom Tollbooth. You get kicked out of your magic land. It's like, "By the way, here's your next surprise: You get to go home!" And the kids are all like, "Yay, we get to go home!" I never bought that. Did anybody buy that?” WayBookEndsHomeKidsNextFantasyDoorsMagicLandSurpriseHatedWizardsPhantomsNarniaFantasy BooksPhantom TollboothYay Author:Lev Grossman
“Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.” WayKidsSuccessInspiringMoneyBusinessCitiesEducationCreativityFantasyFantasticThings To DoShortageInner City Author:Bill Gates
“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
“Realism is a very sophisticated form of literature, a very grown-up one. And that may be its weakness. But fantasy seems to be eternal and omnipresent and always attractive to kids.” MaySeemsKidsFormLiteratureFantasyEternalWeaknessAttractiveRealismSophisticated Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“There's a lot of pressure on women to fulfill certain fantasies. They expect you to be a little bit of a tart, to flirt with all the men. A lot of women do it. But I'm not doing that. I talk with these guys about their wives and kids right away. When they say inappropriate things, I let them, because boys will be boys, but I'm not looking to participate in their conversations.” MenLittlesKidsGuyCertainBitsWomenBoysFantasyWifeHe ManConversationLittle BitPressureFlirtingInappropriateTarts Author:Jessica Alba
“We're all just big kids. That's all we are. We are artistes. We grew up wanting to be part of the fantasy of the fairy tales and the stories.” StoriesBigsKidsFantasyGrewGrew UpTalesFairyFairy Tale Author:Angelina Jolie
“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
“In these days of high-tech video games, it's remarkable that kids once got incredibly thrilled while pushing little metal racing cars around a cardboard track: The toy car was yours, and you invested it with importance and enhanced it with fantasy and pitied it because it was small, like you were. Such games were weapons against the ennui of endless Saturdays.” LittlesKidsGamesFantasyCarLike YouWeaponsImportanceTrackEndlessVideoThese DaysRemarkablePushingRacingMetalsHuman ConditionToysSaturdayRace CarEnnui Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007
“I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to fantasy stories than elves and wizards and goblin armies.” PeopleStoriesKidsRealizingFantasyArmyWizardsGoblinImplyingFantasy StoriesFinally Realizing Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“As a kid, I lived in a fantasy world. I used to believe ants could talk. Not once did they say thank you.” WorldBelieveKidsUsedFantasyAntsSaying Thank YouFantasy Worlds Author:Willard Wigan