Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story about something like my girlfriend leaving me, and the magic was really hard. The airplane thing was comparatively easy, and people liked that thing?" I realized at that moment, the power of the simple idea.

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.

I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

Magic is used in espionage, all the time, for clandestine things. I've got a whole library from a gentleman who was hired by the CIA to create magic technology for the use of anti-terrorism.