I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.
I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling. - Ricky Jay
I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling.
- Ricky Jay
The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us. - Ricky Jay
The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.
Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects. - Ricky Jay
Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.
Once you get into the era of the printed book, it gets a little easier. After years and years, you make a serious survey of that literature, and then… - Ricky Jay
Once you get into the era of the printed book, it gets a little easier. After years and years, you make a serious survey of that literature, and then…
If it sounds too good to be true, it always is. - Ricky Jay
If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well. - Ricky Jay
For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.
I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century. - Ricky Jay
I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.
The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art. - Ricky Jay
The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
One of the reasons I don't like to use the word "tricks" , I do think of them as theatrical pieces, and as pretentious as that might sound, there's a… - Ricky Jay
One of the reasons I don't like to use the word "tricks" , I do think of them as theatrical pieces, and as pretentious as that might sound, there's a…
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