John Grant Quotes

We are constantly - in order to cope with painful realities - shuffling through third-rate, half-remembered fantasies taken from movies, from TV, from people we admire. We do this individually, we do it collectively - we tell stories to escape our most painful truths.

It is so much simpler to bury reality than it is to dispose of dreams

The better you were able to imagine what you wanted to imagine, the farther you could flee from reality.

You convinced yourselves we're just a bunch of regular lads who got a bad break in life. Anything else would have cracked your dream open and made you face reality. Illusion is easy. Illusion is the loser's way out. Your way.

The masses think that is is easy to flee from reality, when it is the most difficult thing in the world.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.

People don't want to hear the truth; they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy.

Most people cant' deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear.

Escapism- that's what I like. I'm not so crazy about the reality of everything.

Never face reality unless your reality is just the way you want it to be.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Dreams, dreams. I walk them; I live them. I delude myself with them. It's a wonder I can spot reality anymore.

I often want to go to the movies and see something that transports you beyond the infinite.

People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.

Our society's need for escapism has always interested me.

Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.

I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

Movies are different from real life.

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

Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isn't for most people, but I am not interested. There's too much of it about.

This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.