Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, "Ah, that's cool."

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'.

Women are binding and men are commanding.

The most important thing is to not stop questioning.

We can control our lives by controlling our perceptions.

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

Beside some philosophers of larger vision, Carlyle stands like an honest, half-despairing boy, grasping at some details only of their world systems.

I truly believe that you can do anything if you just believe in yourself.

The sun has just risen, weak and watery-looking, like it had just spilled itself over the horizon and is too lazy to clean itself up.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

It has absolutely no meaning to me to be an executive producer on a film that I have nothing to do with except come to the wrap party or the premiere on; it's just meaningless.

I would rather have my fate in the hands of 23 representative citizens of the county than in the hands of a politically appointed judge.