I think with The Magicians, the Harry Potter and Narnia influences are obviously there. — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
Growing up, yeah, I had a magic kit with learn tricks and learn card tricks, but I was never... I used to… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes. — John Travolta Copy Share Image
Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants. — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“Magicians and Mentalist predict the future because they create it.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
“A great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a magician, and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something… — Peter J. Carroll Copy Share Image
A true magician must not undertake anything regarding which he is not thoroughly informed. — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
As a Magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic whether I'm holding my breath… — David Blaine Copy Share Image
Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The whole idea of being mesmerized and not in control of your own actions is fascinating and a little spooky. I remember… — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
“That's how I do this life sometimes by making the ordinary just like magic and just like a card trick and just… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you… — Jim Steinmeyer Copy Share Image
“If I were a magician who could make things possible, I'd have lemonade always tasting as it did on the evening Francesco… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
I think The Magicians takes these conventional ideas from this Christian literature of good vs. evil and it sort of shakes it… — Hale Appleman Copy Share Image
No matter what system the magician chooses, in order to make it work most effectively he or she must first become attuned… — Lon Milo DuQuette Copy Share Image
All art that is not mere storytelling, or mere portraiture, is symbolic, and has the purpose of those symbolic talismans which medieval… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Ever helped a Magician before? No? Well, you're not helping one now, either! — The Amazing Johnathan Copy Share Image
Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image