I was teaching magic at NYU when I was 16.

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'.

Life is truly a matter of choices, reactions, and actions...each and every choice is governed by our reactions which in turn affect our actions and consequently the future turn of events

I watched him carefully. He was making art because he has to, and because he's brave enough to try and make contact, right there on the edge of madness, where he dreams.

There can be no deep disappointment where there in not deep love.

It felt like a dream.

Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect.

Show me where you spend your time, money and energy and I'll tell you what you worship.

Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others.

The turning point in the life of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis.

Reasonable men are not reasonable when you're in the bubbles which have characterized capitalism since the beginning of time.