I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

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

Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.

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

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 remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building. He looked so intense and scary, and I couldnt get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.