Be natural and use your head.

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts. The method or methods used are always purely secondary.

What the eyes see, the heart must believe.

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.

Don't make unimportant things important

The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.

A large movement covers a small movement

If I could climax as many times as a Derek Dingle routine I would be a happy man!

How are you coming into the effect? How are you getting out?

Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.

I believe you to be strictly honorable.'He thoughtfully emptied his cup. 'I wish I could add you were intelligent, ' he went on, knocking on his head with his knuckles.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.

I learn poetry, learn text, and that really keeps you alive.

The future is as bright as the promises of God.

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

The right to choose to live or to die is the most fundamental right there is; conversely, the duty to give others that opportunity to the best of our ability is the most fundamental duty there is.

Once you spend time with [the afflicted], you start recognizing them as individuals, as opposed to lumping them in with everybody else who might have those symptoms.

A great song will be great forever - it's timeless and classic in that way.

I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.