I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.

To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

I have always been interested in pushing magic forward.

All my TV shows are done live in front of audiences, and all the material I take on the road and travel with them test them for hundreds and hundreds of shows before I shoot them for TV.

I will now make a scorpion appear in Osama bin Laden's pants

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead.