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Ricky Jay quotes: I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

Ricky Jay quotes: I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

Ricky Jay quotes: I grew up like Athena - covered with playing cards instead of armor - and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

I grew up like Athena - covered with playing cards instead of armor - and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

Ricky Jay quotes: I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

Ricky Jay quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

Ricky Jay quotes: One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.

One of the best sleight-of-hand guys I know is a plumber.

Ricky Jay quotes: Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.

Magicians from the nineteenth century threw cards distances, but I think I'm the first one who made a thing about using them as weapons.

Ricky Jay quotes: Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

Ricky Jay quotes: I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

Ricky Jay quotes: I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

Ricky Jay quotes: Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

Ricky Jay quotes: I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

Ricky Jay quotes: My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

Ricky Jay quotes: Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Ricky Jay quotes: The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

Ricky Jay quotes: I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

Ricky Jay quotes: The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.

The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.