“She says getting lost in a book is a magic trick, which means that I'm a wizard.” — Janice N. Harrington Copy Share Image
Movies started out as an extension of a magic trick, so making a spectacle is part of the game. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
“The illusion of choice is the greatest magic trick ever performed.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over. — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man,… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“I always see your magic, Isaac. Did you know that? It's sure not a magic trick that makes me like you, right?… — Ryohgo Narita Copy Share Image
Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do… — Teller Copy Share Image
I've realised that there is no magic trick to television; it just comes down to hard work and being prepared for every… — Alex Scott Copy Share Image
Everyone's life would be improved if they do could one great magic trick. And tell one great joke, play one tune on… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick -- a couple of thousand words to take you around the universe or… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work. — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
“She spread her fingers wide, as if revealing the end of a magic trick. But the only think she’d managed to make… — Kim Curran Copy Share Image
One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster.… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
A magic trick of any sort works because you tell yourself a story about what you see. And politicians use this all… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary.… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
One of my first videos on VHS, unknowingly at the time, was a stop-motion of a cup moving across a countertop on… — Ryan Higa Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s not a lesson so much as it’s a magic trick. You can make a little girl into anything if you… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“A magician creates magic and mesmerizes the audience. But it is a pantomime, and the audience knows that it’s a ruse. It’s… — Laura Lam Copy Share Image
“Cutter: Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
When you go see a magic trick, the first thing you ask is, 'How do they do that.' That's what I hope… — Ivory Copy Share Image
When we love and are loved in return, it is the closet thing to a real magic trick we can all perform. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image