“Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. The words made me laugh in delight.”

“Chaplin made me laugh and cry without saying a word. I had an instinct. I was touched by the soul of Chaplin — Mime is not an imitator but a creator.”

“Magic was singing in me, through me; I felt the murmur of his power singing back that same song.”

“The real secret of magic is that the world is made of words, and that if you know the words that the world is made of you can make of it whatever you wish.”

“I can't hear a word you're saying
Tell me what are you singing
In the sun”

“For now I had begun to believe, despite all the talk of science around me, that there was a magic in spoken words.”

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

“Sticks and stones have made me smarter
it's words that cut me under my armor they say…”

“I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.”

“There is no magic in words.”