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

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.

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.

I will wholeheartedly perform my holy duties.

God is in the healing, not the pain.

Lots of folks want success without sacrifice. Life doesn't work that way. Be willing to pay the price for your dreams.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

I like to practice being still and I feel like that promotes a lot of positivity.

You will win as many souls as God gives you, but no one will be converted by your own power.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.

It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.

The final mystery is oneself... Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul.