I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.

You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.

As children we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

It was just like a digital fixation with cards and math and science and then I started to look at images of great magicians from Houdini down the line.

I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.

I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.

As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. We are stronger and more resourceful than we know, and we can endure much more than we think we can.

I’m secretly looking forward to someone whom I’m no longer ashamed to explain myself to, whom I can peel off all my metaphors and codes and reveal what the hell has happened all these years.

If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

Hurry, " she breathed. "I need you to fill me up." "Baby, I'm gonna do more than that.

God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

I wouldn't mind doing Broadway, but I am definitely trying to get a album out there first.

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa.

Things go away and projects crumble and disappear, or you make your movie and it comes out and no one watches it.