Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

Perhaps fantasy offers imaginative escapism more than other genres.

Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing.

I do like fantasy films.

I'm an escapist kind of writer.

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.

I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.

I loved 'Pan's Labyrinth.' It transported me into another world. I like fantasy worlds; I love 'Lord of the Rings' as well, for that reason, because you really get to get out of reality and go somewhere else.

You can't write about fantasy without being ridiculous.

I think sci-fi can easily be PG.

Movies are about escape.

I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.

When you go to the theater, you are slipping out of your life into someone else's imaginary world.

That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audience is going to go someplace where hopefully they've never been before. The details, that's what the world is made of.

My books are just pure escapism for kids.

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.

Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different world.

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.

I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.

For the last 30 years our cinemas have been ruled by science fiction and horror. We've had some very good Fantasy films in that time period, but for my tastes I still haven't seen fantasy done to absolute perfection. That is the hope I have in this project.

It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything.

If you can't believe a little in what you see on the screen, it's not worth wasting your time on cinema.

Growing up I always loved films that transport you to another world and has things you never see in every day life.

A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.

I have a longing for fiction, to try to believe in it and to disappear into it.

It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.