It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal.

Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

I love the idea that horror and fear is a celebration of health and life.

Jay-Z, he knows precisely who he's going for - 14-year-old white suburban girls.

For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

If you've gotten yourself into a situation when Clay Aiken is going to talk about his feelings with you, it's time to kill yourself.

In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.