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.

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.

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

Truth is something believed in heart.Fact is anything happened in realities.

Members of every major street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist group have been found in a number of military branches.

To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood.

Masculine people, by their nature, tend to want to make everything into a journey with a goal.

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.

If it were not for me, the Gracies would be selling Bananas in Largo do Machado!

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.

[While writing], I'll go anywhere I find that is quiet, has no internet. I have a big internet problem.