Leo McCarey Quotes

Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.

People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.

The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

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

I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans.

Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.

I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, but I also think there is a place for movies to leave people with a sense of hope.

There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.

I just try to play make-believe and pretend the world is magical and awesome as much as possible.

This is our world. Aye, there's more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there's all this joy, Kit. There's all this lovely, lovely light.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

As a child I loved fantasy books, I loved Harry Potter and the idea that there is something 'out there' is inspiring to kids and inspiring to me. It's exciting and I think people can relate to it. Even if things are difficult or bad for you, the idea that there is something special within you is positive and true.

I've had rainbows in my clouds.

Don't we want to escape our real world and go into something larger than that, simpler than that, more beautiful or darker?

There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

Through my optimism I naturally prefer and capture the beauty in life.

Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

A part of me looks at life from a dismal perspective, not unlike Woody Allen and Larry David. But I don't want to look at life like that. It's bad enough that I have to think it. What works for me is writing against that view. There is God, there is love, there is greatness, there is a plan, and there is beauty.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Fantasy has a dark side to it. It also has a light hemisphere - the power of the human imagination to keep going, to imagine a better tomorrow.

Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.