One of the strongest feelings you can get in life--one of the most rewarding feelings--is the feeling of an "Aha, I finally understand."

Every poker player is smarter than me.

I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.

I'm not greedy. I have love, blue skies, rainbows and Hallmark cards and that has to be enough. It has to be enough, but it's everything in the world and everything in the world is plenty for me. It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.

There are performers who have built their whole career doing magic on TV and can't really perform live at all - don't really have jobs and skills.

How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?

Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.