Quotes from David Copperfield

I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.

I fell in love with magic acts and bridged into that.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret!

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

My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.

No, I think marriage is a great thing.

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.

I really did sneak into Broadway shows, starting when I was 12.

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

Never stop listening to your audience.

It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.

Usually, about two years of work go into each illusion, whether it's big or small. Two years of work on each five-minute piece.

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.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist.

There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as you dare to be bad."

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

The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic.

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.

What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.