Margaret Forster Quotes

I think escapism is really important.

We don't get concerned with stuff like pressure. We just do what makes us feel good.

It isn't that I don't tackle issues; it's just that they're secondary to giving somebody an escape route from the banal routine of everyday life.

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 try to do my best to have fun off the court.

And what I like about it is it makes me happy and I think it makes a lot of people happy to go to the movies and to not think about the problems of the day or the problems of tomorrow or the yesterday and just go on for the ride and have the fun of losing oneself in a fantasy.

I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

Every once in a while, we need to watch something that makes us feel.

I try to find happiness in almost anything... watching videos about new exercises, like ones you can do on a flight when you clench your buttocks.

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.

Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel like it's irresponsible, I think sometimes you really need to take a breather.

Sport is escapism. Sport is a release.

Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as you see it.

People love escapism and there should be a place for it.

Entertainment is needed, and so I do think escapism is needed.

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

Just take each race as it comes and have fun.

I love comics. All I've been doing is reading every day, sitting in the house. Because I've not been feeling too good, so I've been reading and reading.

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

I do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.

True luxury is being able to own your time - to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.

Sometimes movies really are the best medicine.

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.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

I sell escapism.