Edward Norton Quotes

Anyone who has set out to invent a purely imaginary story knows that the whole thing is fantasy, from beginning to end; there must be a sense of magic created about the most restrained of naturalism.

I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

For me, art is make-believe. It's enchantment. It's a fable. I'm enjoying that and playing with it. Of course it's serious, and art is serious, but I'm not going to rarefy it.

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

I like fantasy.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.

Cinema, which demands suspension of disbelief, is an increasingly naive proposition.

If a fantasy, if a story can help you feel something, I think that's really cool.

I'm a great believer in fairy tales. I think it is important to have something you can lose yourself in.

When you go to the movies, you expect the movie to create a world that you can immerse yourself in, that you can step into. Sci-fi is a beautiful way of doing that.

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

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

With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.

I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.

What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy.

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

Part of the experience of being entertained is sitting back and plugging into someone else's vision.

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?

All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it.

It's my job, to create a fantasy.