I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. Its using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.

As children we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.

As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.

To most magicians, cards themselves are marvels...For one thing, they feel special in your hand. Touching them, holding them, shuffling - the whole process is almost poetic. If you're in a room full of magicians and someone just mentions the word cards, within seconds, everyone is digging into their pockets and pulling out a deck of cards. It's one of the most amazing feelings ever.

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.

You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.