I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.

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.

People had been trying to understand the universe through love ever since the beginning of time.

Don't allow anyone to talk you out from the habit of following your true passion in life. People are not God

Cultivate visibility because attention is currency.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.

I'd sleep and forget it; I had my own life, my own sad and ragged life forever.

George Bush and his gang imagine they are being political geniuses.

Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive rage and immaturity.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.