[ Gil Cates] said, "You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic."

What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.

Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.

Usually, about two years of work go into each illusion, whether it's big or small. Two years of work on each five-minute piece.

There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as you dare to be bad."

The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.

Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!