David Copperfield
David Copperfield
David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery. It was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850. Many elements of the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is often considered as his veiled autobiography. It was Dickens' favorite among his own novels. In the preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth16 September 1956
CityMetuchen, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
David Copperfield quotes about
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.
Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.
I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. When I dream, I believe I am rehearsing my future.
Demonic figures and occult themes have disappeared from modern magic.
I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!
I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.
I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden's pants
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.
But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.
The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.
Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.
I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction! She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph, I dont know what she was--anything that no one ever saw, and everything that everybody ever wanted.
I discovered Musha Cay and the islands around it in the Exumas.