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
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.
I like dealing with parents whose children have been arrested for the first time, ... It's one of the few times that one can make a difference, so I try to make the experience so terrifying that they never want to come back.
Marriage is like a formality for me.
Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.
For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.
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.
The most important thing in life..
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.
I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.
But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.
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.
The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.
Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
Never stop listening to your audience.