Robert Bloch Quotes

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.

As I did more of that, I realized, "Well, maybe I should do more magic."

Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.

Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

That's the perennial appeal of magic - that we ourselves have power and we can shape our world. I sometimes think its very analogous to having a lot of money that people think - 'cause that's kind of like a super power.

You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.

What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.

But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic.

There is no magic. There are only magicians.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

The world is magic. Science is but an insipid style of sorcery.

Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic.

Magic has often been thought of us the art of making dreams come true; the art of realizing visions. Yet before we can bring birth to the vision we have to see it.

I do not worship the devil. But magic does intrigue me. Magic of all kinds. I bought Crowley's house to go up and write in. The thing is, I just never get up that way. Friends live there now.

...magic was ugly—-a hard bargain with the universe, a calculus of pain.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.

Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.