Don't get me wrong magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.

Theaters are always going to be around and doing fine. With computers and technology we're becoming more and more secluded from each other. And the movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will ever go away.

People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.

That was when I realised that music is the most profound magical form of communication there is.

People are always looking for the single magic bullet that will totally change everything. There is no single magic bullet.

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.