To impress people as much as we would wish, we would first need to successfully adopt each of their value systems

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.

Have your cake and eat it... there's no other reason to have a cake

I control the conditions so my testers become my testees.

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

A lot of unconfident kids do tricks because it's the quickest route to impressing people," he explains. "You can stand behind something amazing and people think you're amazing.

I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and it's interesting to me the way they learn to mimic human voices even though they don't really comprehend what they're saying.