I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!

Why do I act as I do? To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea why. It is simply my nature to act as I act, and that's all I can say.

All my life I have been intensely repelled by the idea of 'making an effort'. I hate this idea today as much as I did as a child. I don't know why I hate it so much; I just do.

Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!

I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled wrong.

Because I have been a magician for many years, people have often asked me whether I ever have sawn a woman in half. I reply, Oh, yes I've sawn over seventy women in half in my lifetime, and I'm learning the second half of the trick now.