Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story.
Everything I did, I did for mankind.
Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.
The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction — there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.