I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

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'.

On close inspection, we shall find that religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.

It’ll always be mine, but it’ll always be your heart.

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.

And maybe that's love, too - feeling the other person's hurts like your own.

You dream as an actor's director of letting moments breathe through two-shots.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

Do you have no sense of self-preservation?

You have to know that as long as you love who you are - your morals, your values, that type of stuff - you're OK.

The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.

Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.