The inspiration for my illusions comes from many places. Most often they come from my dreams, or an everyday occurrence in life.

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

Pippin had an opening number called "Magic to Do," and Jules Fisher, the brilliant lighting designer lit it. Tony Walton did all of the sets. As a kid I thought, "Wow, I'm seeing onstage what a MGM musical would look like live." It was that good, and it was directed by Bob Fosse.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

We all possess the need to dream.

You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you go to see movies and then only see where the lights are, where the cuts are, watching it from a technical basis, nodding your head, "Oh, that was good." The feeling of surprise, the feeling of being transported is further away.

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.