Magic Quote by Sidney Lumet

The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.

— Humphrey Carpenter

I had decided to be a magician well before I decided to be a writer. I was the little boy who would get up…

— Ray Bradbury

When you start writing the magic comes when the characters seem to take on a life of their own and write the words for…

— Alice Hoffman

If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

— Terry Brooks

I think I became [writer] despite myself - tricking myself into it, really.

— Vera Nazarian

I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.

— Tori Amos

Now as to magic. It is surely absurd to hold me "weak" or otherwise because I choose to persist in a study which I…

— William Butler Yeats

I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

— Deb Caletti

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things…

— Jonathan Lethem

It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

— Zoë Heller

I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new…

— Deborah Norville