Nathan Fillion Quotes

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.

Anyone who has set out to invent a purely imaginary story knows that the whole thing is fantasy, from beginning to end; there must be a sense of magic created about the most restrained of naturalism.

I like fantasy.

I've always loved fantasy books. Even just growing up, I've always kind of loved magic and fantasy.

In a book, you can create a world in your imagination that's as intricate as you want. Even something like 'Angels & Demons.' I was reading it, thinking, 'This is incredible! This is so scary!'

'Fire and Hemlock' is the reason I'm a writer.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

Fantasy is my genre and my home in the writing world. I consider it the biggest writing room in all literature, where there are literally no boundaries at all.

There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it?

Fantasy and science fiction are where my brain lives.

My interest in fantasy began pretty much when I started to read.

Most of my short stories are fantasy.

Pretty much anything you care to imagine can happen in a fantasy, which in turn means you can really crank up the intensity of the tale you're telling.

Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do 'Harry Potter' or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction, I didn't write about foreign planets and distant futures. I certainly never did fantasies about trolls living under bridges.

'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired me. I wanted to take those themes and try to bring it into a more 21st story with aliens.

Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.

I think when writers play with dragons, we are simply doing what fantasy writers have always done.

What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.

I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my imagination. As I wrote, the idea grew, and the manuscript along with it.