There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.

I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility is really just knotting your body in a certain way and letting the black curtain fall over you. That people don't vanish into thin air; that when you can't find someone, it's because you've been misdirected to look elsewhere.

My favorite part of any event is a Q&A. I do get asked a lot of the same questions but every now and then someone surprises me - and I LOVE that.

Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone.

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

To me gay rights is the last civil right that we have not granted in America and I think it's an enormous embarrassment.

A lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room for anything else - least of all themselves. It's why so many marriages end in divorce, when a child is diagnosed on the spectrum.