Escapism Quotes

"The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are" "Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else" "Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?" "Multiplexes are not a bad thing they afford you the possibility of escaping the shittiness of life for a little while through a movie and I love that" "Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else" "One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price" "Literature is the magic carpet that flies us to the most wonderful places." "An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" "The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy" "I'm just a kid in his bedroom having fun, avoiding homework and pretending I'm the greatest actor in the world." "Drugs and alcohol are not my problem, reality is my problem, drugs and alcohol are my solution." "Every now and then, when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas" "We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult" "Reading can take you places you have never been" "We are all refugees, fleeing from our own past"