But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

The most important thing is presentation.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

Love is not what others feel about you, , , , its what feeling you share with others.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation?

The price of leadership is criticism.

I think it's pointless asking questions like "Will humanity survive?" It's purely up to people - if they want to, they can, if they don't want to, they won't.

You know what the true definition of hell is? It's when you die, you get to meet the person you could have been.

Love is very light, very joyful, very simple and innocent.

Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness.

Eyes which have lost their tears have lost their most beautiful, their most glorious treasure.

The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.