Imagination and Fantasy

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. - Dr. Seuss

I love Dr. Seuss. He is my idol. The author I look up to. His poems are in perfect rhyme and meter. In this quote, he talks about fantasy. Last year, I was very obessed with fantasy. However, over the summer, I got a wakeup call, a Aha moment, a lightbulb moment, you name it. I did, get the moment of realization. It was that fantasy are a waste of time. I thought that way and was into classics only at that time. Now, as i read Dr. Seuss' quote, i think, perhaps fantasy is a wonderful thing. Perhaps, i just read the wrong fantasy, experienced the wrong fantasy. However, there are no rights and wrongs of literature. It all depends on how the reader analyzes it. The fantasy i encountered, the faries, werewolves, vampires, there are neccessary elements of fantasy. I should read them once in a while, but i think the best sellers like Lord of the rings, and Harry potter, are better fantasies. They are perhaps more educational than others because they are best sellers. In the quote above, i especially liket he part wehre he says looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. I wonder how to do that though. I am also confused about the last part, laugh at life's realities. So, does that mean imagination is important? Fantasy are a big part of our lives? Stop being so serious about life? Whatever the quote means, I'm going to appreciate fantasy, respect it, read it, love it. Also, I'm going to life my one and only life to the fullest and regret nothing.