My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.

I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.

I think great whites are the most beautiful and perfect creatures I've ever seen.

I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.

I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.

Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.