Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

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

I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesars, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.

As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.

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.

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