Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.

Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.

My chief task has been to conquer fear. The public sees only the thrill of the accomplished trick; they have no conception of the tortuous preliminary self-training that was necessary to conquer fear.

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

I do not believe that ghosts or spirits exist.

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.