“The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape.”

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”

“Fiction is a vehicle to escapism. But fantasy, in my opinion, is escapism in its most vibrant and enchanting form.”

“...the materials of genre - specifically the paired genres of horror and the fantastic - in no way require the constrictions of formulaic treatment, and in fact naturally extend and evolve into the methods and concerns of its wider context, general literature.”

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”

“Problem is, the bathroom pass can't help you escape life. It's still there when you come out. Problems and crap don't go away hiding in the can.”