I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

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.

His smile was bright and sweet and hot enough to melt solid steel. "Is this the part where I kiss you?""If you like.""Oh, " he said, "I like.

the action we take in the name of love,those are moral or immoral.and normally it wouldn't matter

Growing up and being a kid, I knew that creativity was at the heart of what I wanted to do. I always had this feeling of wanting to be a comedian and wanting to be an actor.

The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu's rule.

I think all artists secretly hope their kids might do something safer and straitlaced: maybe my daughter 'll be a banker.

I don't get pictures taken of me when I leave clubs.

I am a child who is getting on.

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.

I implore those who love me to love my solitude.

But in my arms she was always Lolita.