Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps.

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.

I never imagined myself in a movie with magic.

I see the world as a magical place. Therefore, it was only natural that magic wafted from my fiction like smoke.

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

Magic speaks to the child in all of us. No matter how sophisticated we become, there's still a part of us who wants to believe in an alternative reality, where we can defy the laws of nature.

This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.

… a fairyland to us, for all intents and purposes—a land of enchantment and awful mystery.

I believe that a world that doesn't have some kind of magic in it wouldn't be worth living in.

I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe.

I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is found wanting.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

I am a fan of magic and fantasy, particularly when it's grounded in reality.

The imaginary world has always been the most fun place for me to be.

I tend toward the unnatural, sometimes with supernatural undertones or such.

For a human audience, seeing things that are slightly more otherworldly and beyond human power is always really fun and exciting to watch.

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.