Ryan Paevey Quotes

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

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

The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

I just loved the feeling of performing, of using my imagination to take me somewhere else.

I love anything that really pushes the envelope as far as where it takes your mind. When it's well written and brings you into a world that possibly could be, I think that's the most entertaining for me - to see something that could actually take place and causes you to think.

I read novels for entertainment rather than for edification, so I tend not to read the sort of novels that are said to illuminate the human condition.

I'm a fan of the sensibility of comics, and I love the escapism of them and the defining of good and evil. They're just so creative, too.

Fiction makes your dreams come true, and, as a writer, fiction allows you to delve into the area of miracles.

I just love stories, and I love movies, learning and seeing the world. Growing up in Iowa, it was like, you wanna see the world? Movies can help you do that.

Novels are a safe way to talk about things.

I love fantasy; I love imagination - that's the inner child in me.

Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you elsewhere, away from the petty facts of ordinary life.

I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.

I am a fairytale person and firmly believe that movies are made to entertain.

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.

We want to see ourselves - but differently. We want to see these dream versions of ourselves. We want to be surprised; we want to be entertained. I think primarily, especially in this country, we ask that movies entertain us, which seems to be something they're less and less likely to do on a continual basis.

My life isn't very racy or exciting so I make things up, tell stories. I like telling stories.

People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.

Hallmark Channel treats their actors and actresses with utmost respect. Their scripts remind of me of why entertainment exists in the first place: escape.

I love reading. I spend a huge amount of time travelling on planes and have always got a book on the go.

I spent a lot of time alone when I was a kid, I climbed trees, hopped creek beds, read, watched movies, I'd make stories, make films.