Do you realize how much better the world would be if we all just treated each other the same way black dudes treat magicians?
Magick comes in many forms, and there are many covert master magicians who are so covert that they don't even know they are magicians.
I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a lot of my learning came from magic books and watching other magicians. I was also very lucky that I had a couple of really good magic teachers.
Most magicians are afraid of magic.
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians. ' I only ever considered it a standalone.
Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant' was my mother, whom I levitated on a broom in our living room.
Magicians have taken something intrinsically profound and made it look trivial.
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.
Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.
One of the finest magicians you can see is David Oliver.
For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.
Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story.
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
Magic is something that seems like it goes against how the world works and its us magicians job to be doing that.
I think with The Magicians, the Harry Potter and Narnia influences are obviously there.
Magicians guard an empty safe.
The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.
Newton was not the first of the age of reason, he was the last of the magicians.
The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
Those magicians who object to the use of blood, have endeavored to replace it with incense. But, the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious. And for nearly all purposes, human sacrifice is the best.
