Travis Beacham Quotes

I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.

One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys.

As a kid, it was always my dream to open a closet and end up fighting dragons or battling aliens.

Honestly, I've been asking myself how it would feel to be Princess Leia since I was seven years old.

As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the first 'Star Wars' movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it.

I was four years old when I saw 'Star Wars', and it has been significantly important throughout my entire life.

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.

Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.

'Star Wars' came out when I was seven. It was so different from anything else, like peeking into the land of Oz. All you wanted to do was see it again and go back and see more of it. That feeling is not easy to reproduce.

Being born at the tag-end of the baby boom, I was destined (or doomed, depending on how you look at it) to fall in love with sci-fi. It was one of my first literary loves, as a matter of fact.

When I wrote 'The Good Fairies of New York,' I wasn't really imagining that there were fairies. Not in the way that I'm really imagining there are werewolves.

I love monsters.

The words 'fairy tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something 'fairy,' something extraordinary - fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals.

I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.

I've always been interested in science fiction.

Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

Elves are cool, man.

I do feel a wave come over me when I hear those two words, 'Star' and 'Wars,' said together. I feel tense, shut up, and stare into the middle distance.

More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look.... as if Tolkien has summoned archetypes from so deep in our minds that we can only recall them incompletely.

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids.

My son loves swords and shields and dragons.

Science fiction is a big, big love of mine. I would love to get into that at some point.