David Copperfield

“You have to learn certain skills to present magic.”

“For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually associate with kindness.”

“We all possess the need to dream.”

“I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.”

“Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.”

“The real secret of magic lies in the performance.”

“No, I think marriage is a great thing.”

“I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.”

“My uncle's house burned down when I was 6 years old. We got out safely. But ever since, I've had a nightmare of dying in a fire.”

“If I was gay, why would I hide it?”

“What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.”

“Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.”

“I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.”

“It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.”

“Magic is my paint.”

“For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.”

“Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.”

“There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.”

“In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.”

“I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.”