Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.

I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.

One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They're all hanging from a thread - sometimes literally.

My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art.

I will not counter the insanity of the PATRIOT Act with an overblown fear of my rights being taken away.

I mean, if I believed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you, and you didn’t believe that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that.