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
Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!
It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.
Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.
Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.
Marriage is like a formality for me.
When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.
Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
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.
I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.
It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.
The most important thing is presentation.
The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
The reaction was good until I wanted to make it a career. And they said, 'Well, maybe you shouldn't do that. They didn't know I could really make a living at this business. They were a little afraid. Because it was uncharted territory, really.
He encouraged me to make every illusion about my personal dreams and my personal nightmares. So I took that idea and made it about everyone else's dreams . . . It's very moving and very emotional.