The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

When the time came to say, "Mom, I want to do this as a job," it was brutal. She was really against it. There were screaming matches. Some people are shut down by that and get defeated by it, and other people are empowered by the negativity. My father kind of encouraged me through that.

For one of my specials, I said, "I'm going to make an airplane disappear." Okay! And the next day, everything went crazy - it was like breaking the internet before the internet.

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

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder.

No self-respecting gay guy would have ever made some of the hair and clothing choices I am still trying to live down.

I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.