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Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

The real magic is in making the intangible idea, the creative impulse, manifest and live in our reality.

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built into our nature.

Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes.

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

It seemed to me that you make magic real by making it a little prosaic, a little difficult and disappointing - never quite as glamorous as the other characters imagine.

Art gives us an opportunity to not have to leave or go somewhere or do something to experience the magic in our lives. It actually gets us to sit back and be where we are and recognize we're already magical.