I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.

Hate was such a waste of human resources. So little was accomplished with hate, so much more with love.

Every man is a hypocrite

I shall never understand, even in heaven, why the Lord Jesus should ever have loved me.

The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

Do you remember the tsar? Well, I‘m like a tsar.

I lack routine with yoga, sleep, and food but do my best to keep consistency amongst the chaos.

He looked like a Yanni fan at an Iron Maiden Concert.

When Caesar says, 'do this,' it is perform'd.

You have your opinion, I have mine, and it takes all kinds of nuts and dips to make a party, right?

To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.