Ricky Jay Quotes
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If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
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I grew up like Athena—covered with playing cards instead of armor—and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.
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The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
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Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.
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I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.
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I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
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For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was…
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I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.
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I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.
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I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.
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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 biscuits…
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I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.
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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 use…
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Theft annoys me more than anything else. The purloining of effects from another magician. Some people think it's massive to steal the secrets of nuclear…
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Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence…
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Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of…
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Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.
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Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.
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My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.
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I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable…
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