I wasn't obsessed by magic. People say, 'How you can you claim you practiced eight hours a day and weren't obsessed?' Well, people go to a job they don't even like for eight hours a day; it's not obsessive if… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession, when you think about it. If you violate that code, and you say you're not using camera tricks,… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
To obfuscate the reconstruction of the effect - when a magician is fooled by another magician doing magic. In my career that's not been… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually… — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India. — Ricky Jay Copy Share Image
