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> [“I'm writing a book on magic”, I explain, and I'm asked, “Real magic?” By real magic people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers. “No”, I answer: “Conjuring tricks, not real magic”. Real magic, in other words, refers to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/i-m-writing-a-book-on-magic-i-explain-and-i-m-asked-real-magic-by/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

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## More by Lee Siegel

> [“Every private thought is performed for public consumption, and every leisure moment (from toilet training to lovemaking) is a highly focused search for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/every-private-thought-is-performed-for-public-consumption-and-every/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“Mandel, who died in 1995, had mastered the art of packaging his interiority, an innovation that would become the driving engine behind Web culture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/mandel-who-died-in-1995-had-mastered-the-art-of-packaging-his/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“I recognized the great monument from the illustration in the copy of /The Jungle Book/ that my mother kept in the top drawer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/i-recognized-the-great-monument-from-the-illustration-in-the-copy-of/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“The assimilation of taboo images to the everyday language of doing business produces a strange effect. It domesticates the taboo while at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/the-assimilation-of-taboo-images-to-the-everyday-language-of-doing/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“It's okay, you can do it. Because I am playing with myself as I write this, I hope you're doing the same as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/it-s-okay-you-can-do-it-because-i-am-playing-with-myself-as-i-write/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“I'm writing a book on magic”, I explain, and I'm asked, “Real magic?” By real magic people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/i-m-writing-a-book-on-magic-i-explain-and-i-m-asked-real-magic-by/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [In 1986, human nature in America started to change. That year, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' based in Chicago, became nationally syndicated, and the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/in-1986-human-nature-in-america-started-to-change-that-year-the-oprah/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“Everything, taboo and familiar, occurs on the same screen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/everything-taboo-and-familiar-occurs-on-the-same-screen/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/the-web-critic-relies-on-his-or-her-readers-for-attentiveness-and/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/anonymity-is-a-universal-convention-of-the-blogosphere-and-the-wicked/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [“In the end, despite all your careful introspecting, you pay for following your instincts. And the more intensely and honestly you live, the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/in-the-end-despite-all-your-careful-introspecting-you-pay-for/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [Everyone seems to be fleeing from the responsibilities that come from being who you are. I think that is why the blogosphere is thriving.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/everyone-seems-to-be-fleeing-from-the-responsibilities-that-come-from/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [Every 'Oprah Winfrey Show' has about it the aura of Oprah's own life, just as the rituals and sacraments of a religion are suffused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/every-oprah-winfrey-show-has-about-it-the-aura-of-oprah-s-own-life/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [It became inevitable that television would address life's mundane problems because television itself is so mundane, part of the ordinary flow of time the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/it-became-inevitable-that-television-would-address-life-s-mundane/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

> [The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-siegel/the-sitcom-s-traditional-role-has-been-to-comfort-the-viewer-who/)

[Lee Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-siegel/)

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