Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

The book says we may be through with the past but the past ain't through with us.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just interested.

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

A leader that doesn't sympathize have a loose strings and a wicked heart.

Strict and literal truthfulness was a trivial game and might even be a disagreeable neurotic affliction.

Humility is simply the disposition which prepares the soul for living on trust.

Milk for infant as liquor for adult.

It's interesting when something's written about you, and there's comments after.

Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow.