I take escapism from books.Vick HopeTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“I take escapism from books.
“I was living in Argentina in Buenos Aires and I was working as a journalist, but I was earning so little money and I needed extra money, and I went on Craigslist, looking for writing jobs.”Vick Hope
“I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.”Tuppence MiddletonEscapism
“People often ask me if fantasy is about escapism, and I personally don't think it is.”Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
“I was strong willed and my parents instilled this notion of hard graft. That's how you've got to get by - nothing is given to you.”Vick HopeInstilled
“I'm from Newcastle and went to Cambridge University and I worried whether I'd fit in; I'm mixed race, so my mum grew up in Nigeria and my dad grew up in England, and I'd sometimes wonder which culture I felt I identified with better.”Vick HopeCambridge
“My mum's from a very rural village in Nigeria, she grew up in a war, and for her it was really important that my brothers and I knew how to fend for ourselves. My dad bought me a Swiss army knife for my 13th birthday and we used to go camping and he showed me how to light fires.”Vick HopeBirthday
“What 'Escapism' did, of course I'm over the moon about that - but if that's the biggest moment that I ever get then so be it but I'm never going to stop doing what I love.”RayeEscapism