Evangeline Lilly Quotes

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

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

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.

And I guess I'm a kid at heart in that when I go for entertainment, I want to be totally transported. I want to go somewhere else; I want to encounter different things, different beings, different universes. And so I love that aspect of being able to play those things in both 'True Blood' and in 'American Horror Story.'

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

I never imagined myself in a movie with magic.

After being in Harry Potter, I believe a bit more in magic than I did before.

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?

I like fantasy.

I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy.

I can't wait to see The Grinch. It's so out of the world. Every time a movie like that comes out, I'm stoked. It's like real life.

Faeries are associated with wild untamed nature, with art, and with death - so the folklore is rich with different stories to explore.

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

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

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.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

I feel the same magic about 'Angel Falls' that I did with 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mod Squad.'

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

I used to think that you'd open the door, and there was Narnia. Increasingly, I think it's all around us.

Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.

There is art and beauty and power in the primal images of fantasy.

I love the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy - all of the otherworldly creatures, magic, and possibilities that transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while - it's such delicious fun!