Quotes By David Copperfield

We all possess the need to dream.

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.

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets.

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.

Never stop listening to your audience.

No, I think marriage is a great thing.

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

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

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.

Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.

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

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

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

Magic really helped me.

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

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