tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post5738343167982691169..comments2023-10-30T22:39:14.941+11:00Comments on Jonathan Gould, Writer: Pulling away the table clothJonathan Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-88571896008078232642014-05-24T21:08:49.380+10:002014-05-24T21:08:49.380+10:00Of course the magician always knows how the trick ...Of course the magician <i>always</i> knows how the trick is done. Nothing ever surprises him and that’s the price we pay. We have to trust what others tell us and most often it’s those others who are closest to us—and hence would prefer to spare our feelings—that we can ask the questions we <i>really</i> want to know the answers to. I don’t think <i>anyone</i> has ever given me the kind of honest response I’d like to one of my books and probably the only one I’d ever believe would be a negative one since I struggle to accept that I’m as good as some people have suggested. But maybe I am. How could I know? I think I’m a bit of a Tommy Cooper when it comes to the tricks I pull off—or at least try to—because the thing about Tommy is the jury’s still out when it comes to his talents as a prestidigitator. If I have one talent I’d like to think is was getting people to think they’re reading a funny book when actually the message is deadly serious. A bit of misdirection then. I suspect this is something you also aim for too.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com