There was another guy suggested. He was a tall and dark-haired and Jewy, and I said, "No, he's too close to me." It ended up being Jerry Seinfeld.

I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

the sight of me is good for sore eyes

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

The most important thing is presentation.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

Don't simply dream, create. Don't simply create, ship. Don't simply ship, dream.

with his customary crooked smile, “are just too unlikely to dwell upon.

A worthy legacy is the irrevocable consequence of dreaming.

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

I certainly won't have an empty life!

There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else.

Wars almost never end the way starters had in mind.

It's your life and we're all going to be gone one day so just be proud of yourself.