Quotes By David Copperfield

I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.

It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.

I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.

I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

Magic really helped me.

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

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

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.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

But Vegas is really my first home.

I act like I'm 14, if you haven't figured that out yet.

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

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.

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.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.

Magic is my paint.

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

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

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.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.

Marriage is like a formality for me.