“Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.”

“Magic doesn't happen often — not once in a blue moon … I expect there isn't another magic ship like this one in the whole world.”

“One man’s “magic” is another man’s engineering. “Supernatural” is a null word.”

“There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.”

“The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words.”

“Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature.”

“Because love is the meeting point of truth and magic. Truth, as in photography; magic, as in ballooning.”

“There is no magic in words.”

“There is no magic in words.”

“Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.”