The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure.
Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I've done that. Yes, that works.
Magic of the nights is always much impressive than the magic of the days!
There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it's simply the way things are.
Genuine magic demands on perfect simplicity of execution.
Virality isn't luck. It's not magic. And it's not random. There's a science behind why people talk and share. A recipe. A formula, even.
Words can have the same kind of magic as riffs can.
The magic happens when you find the sweet spot where your genuine interests, skills, and opportunity intersect.
I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles.
Sitting in cold wet britches for an hour was no fun even in a magic kingdom.
I guess I'm used to seeing actors, but rock musicians still hold a special magic for me.
It's the first and only rule. Magic comes when you're not looking for it.
If you have to explain about how something's supposed to feel, it takes away all the magic.
The magic formula is there is no magic formula.
It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe.
O magic sleep! O comfortable bird, That broodest o'er the troubled sea of the mind Till it is hush'd and smooth!
The magic of espresso is that it's only made with 50 beans.
They have an unusual relationship. And when things are good, it's magic.
One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic – something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.