My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I'd worked there all the magic was gone from it. It just turned into a place I hated and I've never been there since.
Recording interviews is like magic. a) It stops you from taking notes in the middle and b) you can play that recording for people.
When Pixies broke up in 1993, I gave up the drums for the longest time. I hadn't been doing a lot, but I ended up attending a magic convention that initially got me interested. I took classes, bought videos, and practiced relentlessly. I began performing at parties and soon realized that developing an on-stage routine is often tougher than being a musician. I focused my act on magic that incorporated as much science as it did entertainment, which was really satisfying for me.
Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.
Don't let them win. Don't let them beat you. Don't let them steal your magic.
The magic is over, but its effects will live forever.
There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject.
The magic's back and we're in a time tunnel, feeling like when we were in our 20s back in the 1970s.
Fairy's side note: Even people who don't believe in magic really do.
Without the work, the magic won’t come.
I don't like magic - but I have been known to make guys disappear.
Mathematics is one of the surest ways for a man to feel the power of thought and the magic of the spirit. Mathematics is one of the eternal truths and, as such, raises the spirit to the same level on which we feel the presence of God.
You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.
Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse. ' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool. ' The elf grabbed one of the Jim Beam bottles from the table and slammed it down, so that he was holding a jagged glass neck. The elf smiled a very thin smile. 'Then I won't bother with magic.
Real magic is not about gaining power over others: it is about gaining power over yourself.
Eden Hazard is a great player. He has magic
When you see a movie, it's like you're attending a show of magic in which the magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. You don't know how he did it, but a part of you is fascinated, or hypnotized, by what happened, another part of your brain says, "Oh, I want to do the same thing! I want to be that wielder of that magic. I want to be that magician on stage, and do the same thing to other people. "
Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.
Cheap liquor is a magic potion that can turn you into a puppet cowboy before it kills you.
Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed in magic. And when I wrote 'Hawksmoor' I believed in psychic geography. But as soon as I type the last full stop, I'm back to being a complete blank again.