I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.

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'.

Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

How he loved and yetwished to leave you: always both, at once.

If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying.

Ask with urgency and passion.

A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're worried about this being too esoteric or too dark or too weird.

My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story.

You walk around with a negative attitude and you're just naturally going to bring trouble and hard times down on yourself.

People get together and go to the movies or on hikes, but everyone maintains their own independent domicile.

The key is to figure out what you want out of life, not what you want out of your career.

Bill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.