"I've never turned into a bee — I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life." said American writer, R. L. Stine.
Author Joan Didion has always enjoyed the world of make believe. She said, "I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress.
Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse are animated characters created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940. “The Tom and Jerry Show,” a spin off of the original cartoons, is still on television today.
Over the last few years, a new genre of play called "Real Escape Room" has taken hold in the United States. This is a real world version of a type of video game.