imaginative journeys Quotes

People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.

The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.

I was young, and by instinct of self-preservation I had to collect my energy on something, if I were not to be whirled away with the dusk on the farm-roads, or the smoke on the plain. I begun in the evenings to write stories, fairy-tales, and romances, that would take my mind a long way off, to other countries and times.

Fantasy is often better than reality. It's much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.

For poems are not, as people think, simply emotions (one has emotions early enough)-they are experiences.

I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.

Everything stems from real experiences but I do also have a very vivid imagination. A song lyric gets easily carried away with itself and can end up somewhere I'd never have predicted.

Books are not about passing the time. They're about other lives. Other worlds.

Take a few minutes of every day to fantasize about how you would wander, travel, or explore if you could.

I love young adult fantasies. While I say that, I have not seen all of the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. But I've read all of the books, and I love them. I love them because I enjoy being transported to a different world and having my imagination challenged. That's a huge part of what we do as actors. We have to imagine ourselves in a different world. And when you are in a young adult fantasy, it challenges you in the best way.

Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!