In my private life, I'm not around any drugs or alcohol.

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality.

Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.

You get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right.

Atheism is the absence of religion. We don’t really need atheism. We just need to get rid of religion.

If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.

In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

Much better than the feeling of having things is the feeling of having earned things.

Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

Could he actually be a decent guy?Hard to imagine.He was pretty to look at, though, she thought. Boys weren't objectified nearly enough, and turnabout is always fair play.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.

My life is full of broken halos.

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

The usefulness of a meeting is in inverse proportion to the attendance.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains

Virtue is the beauty of the soul.

things in this world are very roughly averaged; and although averaging is a useful, rapid way of dispatching business, it does undoubtedly waste a great deal which is too good for wasting.