Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, "Ah, that's cool."

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

I'm really happy that I had the foundations of knowing where I came from.

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

I could vanish the silk better than Ben Vereen - that was for sure. So I think maybe they said, "Okay, maybe he has something to offer." Years pass and I get a bit of a career, and Ben Vereen ends up hosting one of my specials where I walked through the Great Wall of China. Things came full circle in kind of an ironic way, when you have that honor of people that have influenced you so much host your show. It's a huge experience in your life.

I was teaching magic at NYU when I was 16.

I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.