Quotes by David Copperfield

David Copperfield's insights on:

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Magic really helped me.
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Magic is my paint.
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Magic is the only profession where it’s easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you’re a great magician.
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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.
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I need a form of escape even when I’m working really hard.
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I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden’s pants.
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I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy – the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
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What I’ve tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.
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I act like I’m 14, if you haven’t figured that out yet.
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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.
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