Emma Healey Quotes

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

I think escapism is really important.

People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!

The ability to suspend reality and go into a make-believe world can be really, really difficult if there's something really big going on.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

Sometimes I'm stressed and I'm sick of things and I need to forget about them for a while, so in Harry Potter you're taken to this wonderful imaginary world where everything is so different.

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!

The show has become my therapy.

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

As a reader, sometimes, I just want to not think. You know, I want to read something that is purely enjoyable: that is, like, escapist.

It's definitely a reason I game so much: to forget about the pressures of fighting and the hardships of training and everything.

I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.

After 'Sin Nombre,' I just needed to take a break to go to completely different worlds.

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

Music can be a source of escapism.

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.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

I don't put myself under pressure.

I take a breath when I have to.

I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything.

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.