I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

The most important thing is presentation.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.

I found Bombay and opium, the drug and the city, the city of opium and the drug Bombay

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

You wanna have laughs? Do what I do. When I go through a tollbooth, I keep going. I tell the guy, The car behind me is paying for two.

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

I love acting, and doing it well matters to me.

My photographs at best hold only a small length, but through them I would suggest and criticize and illuminate and try to give compassionate understanding.