Robert J. Shiller Quotes

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates.

Mr. Norrell is like a librarian trying to do magic... That's the story of my career, really. I stand next to good looking men and make them look better!

Donald Trump is a phenomenon. Barack Obama was a phenomenon. A phenomenon is a 'happening' or an 'experience.'

Love him or hate him, no one has been able to figure out Donald Trump.

I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.

To me, it's never about the trick. I don't care about how something works. I care about how people feel when they watch it. You know, that - that connection - that emotional connection is true magic.

One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

I'm friends with Criss Angel. Criss has offered me a million times to go downstairs and see the setup. I don't want to see it. I just want to go, 'God, how did you do that?'

All David Blaine is is a good-looking magician.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

The magic's back, folks.

As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.

I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize that comedy magicians usually couldn't do comedy or magic.

People want performers, personality and drama, and you got that in the .

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

Here comes another spell-binder.

Anyone can learn a trick, but to make it entertaining, to put a presentation twist on it, and then to take it out there and really amaze people is a whole different ball game. You have to have some kind of a natural ability to do that, I suppose.

A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain.

Mr. Trump is an entertainer, bringing a rawness and wildness to the presidential race that no other candidate can come close to matching.

The whole idea of spellbinding, of being an entertainer, being the center of the stage, making up words - that let me know that writing is nice.

We know Fury likes to entertain and promote.

I'm a showman.

I love Roger Stone. He's very provocative, and I like that about him. He's not afraid to take risk, and he's not afraid to say things.

When I'm in the ring I've got a million people watching me weekly, looking for me to present something memorable to them.