The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

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.

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'.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

Someone who dreams cannot be forced to stop—there are no limitations to dreams, because we do not own dreams, dreams are from God.

Prayer is speaking to God— but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.

i must feel this emotionwith my whole beingand as it sweeps me off my feetenjoy the sensation of fallingfalling endlessly into the armsof no lover

Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.

Diamonds are forever.

Good people do not let others suffer needlessly.

Be sure to use different exercises with every workout. Always confuse the muscles in to new growth.

Culture carries no privilege to exist. Cultures do not have value simply because they are. Some cultures, the world is better off without.

Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.