I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o'clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

Everyone understands cards and relates to it. They have them in their homes and in their hands, so it makes them very accessible.

Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a trick like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, then you could be on The Ed Sullivan Show as an 8-year-old kid.

I need a form of escape even when I'm working really hard.

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.