Sidney Sheldon Quotes

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.

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.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

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.

Applied Science is a conjuror, whose bottomless hat yields impartially the softest of Angora rabbits and the most petrifying of Medusas.

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.

Now my charms are all o'erthrown.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.

This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.

One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror.

Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.

Magic, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it.

I don't like magic - but I have been known to make guys disappear.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

There is no magic. There are only magicians.

I've always loved magic.

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.

Only to a magician is the world forever fluid, infinitely mutable and eternally new. Only he knows the secret of change, only he knows truly that all things are crouched in eagerness to become something else, and it is from this universal tension that he draws his power.

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.

Artemis Fowl grinned right back at him and pointed his index finger to the sky... from the tip of this finger sprang a small blue spark that exploded like a tiny firework. “I know magic can be stolen,” said Artemis. “Because I stole some myself.

Resident mockery, give us an hour for magic.

I always say that I love magic but I hate magicians. I like being fooled. If you wave your hands in front of my face and I think you're doing a trick, I'm easily impressed. If you pull a quarter out of my ear, I'm quite certain you're a wizard. But I don't like the way most magicians don't act like they're magical; they act like show business dicks.

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

we cant wait for someone else to do it, we have to take matters into our own hands or it will never be done.

Magic is not inherently anything. It is what you sell it as.