Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

- Larry Niven

A daydream is an evasion.

- Thomas Merton

I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on.

- Taylor Swift

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

- Shirley Henderson

I've studied a technique called the Sanford Miesner technique, that teaches you how to focus. It's mainly about daydreaming. And the technique's really about imaginary circumstances. Using your imagination to sort of daydream about stuff. It makes you emotional in a scene.

- Sam Rockwell

I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.

- Steven Wright

As an author, I've never forgotten how to daydream.

- Neil Gaiman

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

- Michael Connelly

I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The interesting thing with fashion is that it's really a massive daydream.

- Karen Elson

People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.

- Kurt Vonnegut

Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.

- John Terry

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.

- Greg Maddux

'The Turner Diaries' is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.

- Gore Vidal

I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the 'A-Team' van or something.

- Ernest Cline

I'm in a position where I can do many things most people just daydream about.

- Ewan McGregor

A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.

- Andy Weir