“I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.” IfsLongI CanStoriesFilmLiteratureTermFantasyRealisticAllegorySynthetic Author:Manuel Puig
“I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.” ThinkingWorldWritingLittlesStoriesCommonFantasyPiecesFailingCaughtTendenciesLegacyExpensesUnfortunateCaught UpDescribing Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand plot of the entire series, and there is the complete-in-itself, one-book plot.” NeedsTwoBookStoriesBigsFantasyAdviceSeriesPlotTrilogiesAspiring Writers Author:Juliet Marillier
“I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living the fantasy. My worst day is a great day.” StoriesFilmActorsFantasyWorstTelevisionLos AngelesTelling StoriesGreat DayWorst Day Author:Nathan Fillion
“I loved fantasy, but I particularly loved the stories in which somebody got out of where they were and into somewhere better - as in the Chronicles Of Narnia, The Wizard Of Oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.” StoriesFantasyDragonsCartoonWizardsPhantomsDungeonsChroniclesNarniaPhantom Tollbooth Author:Lev Grossman
“I believe God has instilled in us a craving, a deep desire to run with Him on a fantastic adventure, yet many of us crawl along in life without even a glimpse of our hidden passion. There has to be a reason for living. There must be a Camelot, a hidden Utopia where we can rest from our personal campaigns. Fantasy opens our eyes to a better place, a shining city we do not yet know. And these stories provide a mental bridge to that city as we pursue horizons we could never distinguish with our physical eyes.” KnowsBelieveReasonStoriesEyeRunningDesirePassionI BelieveCitiesFantasyAdventureShiningCampaignsPursueFantasticBridgesHorizonBelieve In GodGlimpseBetter PlaceCravingUtopiaCamelotDeep Desire Author:Bryan Davis
“Fantasy stories open our eyes to an unseen world and train our minds to see beyond the visible. In the New Testament context, this is where our real battles are fought. Good fantasy will reveal the hidden powers of evil that threaten the hero's life and upset his journey. Good fantasy focuses on how a hero finds victory when he learns that he can't win by himself, so he submits to the higher power in faith and obedience.” WorldMindRealStoriesEyeEvilWinningFantasyJourneyHeroVictoryHigherBattleTrainObedienceUpsetVisibleSubmitTestamentUnseenNew TestamentHigher PowerCan't WinFantasy Stories Author:Bryan Davis
“What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told.” WorldStoriesCommonFictionFantasyScience FictionPornographyFiction Stories Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“I was always fascinated by fairy stories, fantasy, you know, demons, necromancers, gods and goddesses, everything that is out of our kin and out of our everyday world. I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am.” KnowsWorldStillsStoriesFantasyEverydayDemonFairyFascinatedGoddessMagicianEnchantmentFairy StoriesGods And Goddesses Author:Christopher Lee
“At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre is so open to experimentation and innovation that other genres reject--strangeness is our bread and butter. Spread it thick or slice it thin, it's still our staff of life.” StillsReasonStoriesChallengesFictionFantasyReaderInnovationScience FictionSpreadBreadGenreReason WhyRejectsThickStaffExperimentationStrangenessBread And ButterGenre IsScience Fiction And FantasyFantasy StoriesExperience And Learning Book:The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy Source: The Writer's Digest Guide to Science Fiction & Fantasy
“I began plotting novels at about the time I learned to read. The story of my childhood is the usual bleak fantasy, and we can dismiss it with the restrained observation that I certainly would not consider living it again.” StoriesFantasyNovelChildhoodObservationUsualBleak Author:James A. Baldwin
“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 see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and fantasy, and I really don't think about these things when I'm writing. I'm just thinking about telling a story and developing my characters.” ThinkingWritingMeanCharacterStoriesFictionFantasyMaterialsPeriodsScience FictionDevelopingNovelistsScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Roger Zelazny
“He lived in a fantasy world. There was not a day when he didn't add some Mickey Mouse story about a club that wanted him. First of all, he came in and told me that Arsenal wanted to buy him, then the next week it was Manchester Utd, then the next week it was Real Madrid. He made it clear that he did not want to be at the club so, in the end, there was only one thing I could do - send him to Wigan.” WorldWantFirstsMadeRealEndsStoriesWantedNextFantasyClearOne ThingWeekFootballAddClubsMade ItManagersSoccerMiceChairmanManchesterArsenalNext WeekMickeyMadridFantasy WorldsReal MadridWigan Author:Joe Kinnear
“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
“There are, occasionally, writers who are able to combine both story and style. They are, of course, the best. You get a spectacular view and you also get to look at it from the backseat of a chauffeur-driven Cadillac. In the field of fantasy, those writers able to combine story-as-narration with story-as-style are even rarer. But there are a few...the late Theodore Sturgeon, the early Ray Bradbury...and Richard Christian Matheson. A brilliant chip off the old block.” LooksStoriesAbleChristianCoursesViewsFantasyStyleFieldsLateDrivenBrilliantBlockRaysChipsSpectacularNarrationCadillacsBackseatTheodoreChauffeursBradbury Author:Stephen King
“'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl.” FirstsStoriesFallGirlFantasyBattleSightFalling In LoveObstaclesLove StoryLove At First SightUpside DownThat GirlFantasy Love Author:Jim Sturgess
“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
“I was the original Cinderella girl, looking for the happy ending in the fairy story. But my fantasy prince never came.” StoriesGirlFantasyOriginalsFairyHappy EndingsFairy Stories Author:Evelyn Keyes
“I guess I'm interested in the behind-the-surface feelings of the human condition, in my own way. I was always struck by the gap - at least in the books I was reading - between what people tell stories about and what I actually feel. I started thinking about a gap between fantasy and reality.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsHumansBookStoriesFeelingsRealityReadingMy OwnBehindsFantasyConditionsSurfaceGapsHuman ConditionFantasy And Reality Author:Signe Baumane
“Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading in my childhood were selling some sort of fantasy as well. Most stories are not going to tell the deep suffering of every day. No book prepared me for the suffering I would experience in life because the word "suffering" does not even describe what the suffering is. No story is going to tell you that, and no words can tell you that.” WantWellsLooksDoeBookStoriesSufferingReadingFantasyChildhoodPreparedSelling Author:Signe Baumane