In reality, many people let go of religion later in life.

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.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

I like musicals that look more like plays.

To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life.

I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.

I got daisies In green pastures.

Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.

Nature is God's greatest evangelist.

A library is a palace of dreams.

The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.