In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

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'.

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.

i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away

Time goes you say? Ah no! Alas Time stays we go.

I went to night school and summer school, I made that whole year up and I actually graduated on time. Also, I got a part-time job at the radio station.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

Success is no longer content. It's how it sells.

My energy level is very high ... how ambitious it all is depends on lots of different things. But pretty high energy level. I take on a lot of projects at the same time.

I think getting stoned has made me buy a lot of bad albums, because when I'm stoned I think everything is amazing.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.

I'm a songwriter. Everything affects me.