Quotes By David Copperfield

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Marriage is like a formality for me.

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 have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

Magic really helped me.

When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes.

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.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.