Magical Realism Quotes

• Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.

  Shirin Neshat

  Communication, Artist, Magic Realism

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• At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

  Tea Obreht

  Attachment, The End Of The Day, Make Or Break

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• Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Magic Realism, Fantasy

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• I don't want realism. I want magic!

  Tennessee Williams

  Magic, Desire, Want

  A Streetcar Named Desire sc. 9 (1947)

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• I think that it's important to try to keep reality. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez speaks a lot about reality in his magical realism. So I don't think we have to be hyper-realistic. But we have to understand the pressures that undergird the lives of the characters within that novel.

  Walter Mosley

  Character, Reality, Thinking

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way.

  Fred D'Aguiar

  Way, Speak, Realism

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm into weird kind of, anything that resembles magical realism.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Kind, Realism

  Source: www.digitalspy.com

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• The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.

  Gore Vidal

  Tourists, Done, Return

  "The End of Gore Vidal". Interview with Lila Azam Zanganeh, www.guernicamag.com. August 15, 2012.

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• At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.

  Marlee Matlin

  Children, The End Of The Day, Ends

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• As you see, I bear some resentment and some scars from the years of anti-genre bigotry. My own fiction, which moves freely around among realism, magical realism, science fiction, fantasy of various kinds, historical fiction, young adult fiction, parable, and other subgenres, to the point where much of it is ungenrifiable, all got shoved into the Sci Fi wastebasket or labeled as kiddilit - subliterature.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Moving, Years, Historical

  "Ursula K. Le Guin talks about genres, gender, and broadening fiction". Interview with Michael Cunningham, electricliterature.com. April 2, 2016.

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• Obviously all religions get corrupted by man. The initial ideas are interesting but once they get organized they seem to become about politics and other things and they get misinterpreted. . . . Have faith but do the work. Live your life right. Dont expect things to happen. Thats why Im put off by magical realism.

  Matt Dillon

  Men, Ideas, Interesting

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