David Copperfield's Quotes

Magic is my paint.

Magic really helped me.

Marriage is like a formality for me.

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.

Never stop listening to your audience.

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.

No, I think marriage is a great thing.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

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

We all possess the need to dream.

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

When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes.

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

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.

I'm really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.

Magic came very easy for me when I was a kid. When I was 8 years old I started doing it, and by the time I was 12, I was already published in magic books.

My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

But Vegas is really my first home.