I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move, and by the time I was 12, they really accepted me, they embraced me.

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'.

When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

And the hunger that once chewed at them like a mean dog now seems more like an annoying houseguest who simply refuses to leave.

Sometimes it's very hard to turn off my brain especially when I have an eighteen hour day. I try to stop working by 10 or 11pm but you know sometimes there is nothing I can do about it.

I'm not trying to change the face of hip-hop music. I'm trying to make my records and always take the next step for me.

The greatest gift I ever had Came from God; I call him Dad!

The wise man, after learning something new, is afraid to learn anything more until he has put his first lesson into practice.

Constant talkers are unheard.

It's like geographical humor. You just don't get it unless you were there.

Im so not into being emaciated.

In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect.