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

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.

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

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.

Questions are the natural agents of curiosity. To limit question is unnatural, against nature.

It is a better to have your own plan to make it happen

Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It's kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald's and not eat the fries on the way home.

The thing about inventing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible. The hard part is figuring out when to be which.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life.

What I would tell young players is that as you get older, the best thing you can do is try to have other interests and have opportunities.

Brands must be very specific in their choice of social media platforms through which to communicate their CSR or cause messaging.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

I learned from the git-go in the joint to get in touch with the soft, nurturing side of myself, the feminine side.