The old stars-and-moons act was a good way to farm the unduly trusting. But the need to raise money in the first place seemed to call into question one's own ability to turn lead into gold. (Enoch in...
Apparently wizards poke their noses in everywhere!
Magicians made magic but critics made it tricks.
Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.
If you are a magician then you can always do a lot more magic than you think you can.
But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.''And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the Elves for cou...
Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf? asked Merry after a while. I don’t know how you feel with small rag-tag dangling behind you; but the rag-tag is tired and will be glad to stop dangling and lie down...
A magician reveals himself not only by the magic he presents but also by the respect and entertainment he gives to his audience.
A great piece of music make people to close their eyes but a great magic effect make their eyes wide open.
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Hullo! said Merry. So that’s what is bothering you? Now, Pippin my lad, don’t forget Gildor’s saying—the one Sam used to quote: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick t...
The genius of a great magician is as impressive as the genius of a great scientist.
Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.
Regweld is really a fine wizard, he continued, patting the shoulder again. And his ideas for crossbreeding a horse and a frog are not without merit; never mind the explosion! Alchemy shops can be repl...
The Death Eaters can't all be pure-blood, there aren't enough pure-blood wizards left, said Hermione stubbornly. I expect most of them are half-bloods pretending to be pure. It's only Muggle-borns the...
To expect and dread a thing for a lifetime; does not prepare you for the thing itself.
They paid some madman who thought he was a decorator a lot of money to make the place look hip and unique. May be it's my lack of fashion sense talking, but I thought they should have held out for one...
As a magician you will miss the hundred percent of the applause if you don't perform.
A magician must always value his magic effects more than himself, because after few years audience may not remember his name but they will remember his magic effect.
If my public existence does anything worthwhile, hopefully it at least demystifies the author a bit, because I know when I was younger I felt like authors were like wizards or something. Turns out the...
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