Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.
Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
Everything I did, I did for mankind.
One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.
The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
About three years ago, I started an exercise in openness and inclusiveness to create new digital tools for magic - tools that could eventually be shared with other artists to start them off further on in the process and to get them into the poetry faster.