...there is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants.

Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves.

When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would not be quite that quick and easy. Real magic would take investment. Real magic would draw you in, and make you nervous.

Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets

I would like a bit of me - that’s how I put my back out!

I am often dishonest in my techniques ... I happily admit to cheating, it's all part of the game. I hope some of the fun for the viewer comes from not knowing what's real and what isn't

Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators without insulting them.