“It's just a fantasy
It's not the real thing
It's just a fantasy
It's not the real thing.
But sometimes a fantasy
Is all you need.”

“Death is the only fantasy that becomes real for all humans.”

Zaman Ali (1993) Pakistani philosopher

“See fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need. And I just retired from the fantasy part.”

Lauryn Hill (1975) American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actress

“Is this the life you really want? Or is it just the fantasy of it?”

Ellen Schreiber (1967) American writer

“"Couples should explore their mutual fantasies." There's no such thing as a mutual fantasy. Yours bore us; ours offend you.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

“You can talk all you want about consensual reality, Jilly, but that doesn’t change the fact that some things are real and some things aren’t. There’s a line drawn between the two that separates reality from fantasy.”

Charles de Lint (1951) author

“People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

“there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality”

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

“It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, and fantasy is the impossible made probable.”

Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter

“You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.”

Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before