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“Good general rules for the presentation of a trick or a program of tricks follow: Gradually slow down your tempo as you approach the climax of your trick or act. During the last few moments of your final effect ritard the action more and more. Pause two or three seconds after each IMPORTANT phrase. Pause almost twice as long just before the phrase establishing a point. These are general rules for insuring clarity and adding punch through captured attention.”
― Dariel Fitzkee, Showmanship for Magicians

“ROUTINE: A method of procedure, induced by circumstances, worked out with particularity, item by item, to be regularly followed until it becomes habitual, in the performance of entertainment.”
― Dariel Fitzkee, Showmanship for Magicians

“Thought is provoked by any situation when our instincts and habits fail to deliver us automatically.”
― Dariel Fitzkee, Showmanship for Magicians

“SELLING the trick is more important than doing it.”
― Dariel Fitzkee, Showmanship for Magicians