Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my…

“I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the…

— Tennessee Williams

Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually…

— Holly Black

Each memory is like a paper flower stowed up a magician's sleeve: invisible one moment and then so substantial and florid the next I…

— Jodi Picoult

“I like carrying you. It gives me the illusion that you’ll let me take care of you.”

— Nina Croft

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.

— Charles M. Schulz

I think technology gives the illusion that you are connecting with people, social media particularly.

— Sam Esmail

I think that the Oscar gives you some kind of guts or something, it gives you the illusion that you can do it. It's…

— Benicio Del Toro

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

If your eyes are far apart, bringing the brow shape closer together gives the illusion of shorter distance between the eyes.

— Anastasia Soare

Even mud gives the illusion of depth.

— Marshall McLuhan

I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake.

— Lewis Black

“To know a thing does not always enable us to prevent it, but at least the things we know we do hold, if not…

— Marcel Proust

TV shows and movies are a rare form of atemporality, and in an ever-changing, always-on world, spoilers feel irrefutable - sheer access to them…

— Jenna Wortham

Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

— Fernando Pessoa

Art is love creating the new world and justice is love rolling up its sleeves to heal the old one.

— N. T. Wright