I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.

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'.

Life is like a guitar and the combination of chords are called moments. Playing them is the called living the moments.

Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.

If someone you love asks you to give up something you love, don't do it.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.

...walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Investments - particularly those that involve the change of control of a company - only work when they work well for all parties involved.

What is valuable is not new, and what is new is not valuable.

These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper.

Look . . . at . . . me. . . .

But monsters, I now know, come in all shapes and sizes, and only their appetite for human flesh defines them.