The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction — there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.

Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.

Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story.

The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.

One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.

We willingly enter fictional worlds where we cheer our heroes and cry for friends we never had.

Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.

The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.

Everything I did, I did for mankind.

The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.

Our ability to have patience, and our attitude toward others, define who we are at any given time.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

By their very nature bureaucracies have no conscience, no memory, and no mind.

I found that a couple of bottles of beer would give me a lift, but the third bottle would sober me up.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

Once you put human life in human hands, you have started on a slippery slope that knows no boundaries.

Begin where you are. Begin now.

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.

I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.