An old trick well done is far better than a new trick with no effect.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.

I'm a professional journalist. Making up lies to fit the facts - it's what we do.

It's okay to remember, but it's also okay to forget too.

No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature

An it harm none, do what ye will.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Discussions of Western civilization are too often confined to works of high art that reflect a relatively narrow element of public taste and experience.

I always have lots of zany ideas for promotional stuff as publication nears.

The worst nightmare would be not to achieve what I know I'm capable of.

Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.

I share what I know, so that others may grow!