The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

Theft annoys me more than anything else. The purloining of effects from another magician. Some people think it's massive to steal the secrets of nuclear reactors, but to steal a card move is trivial. They're wrong.

I like being fooled. When I watch someone who does sleight-of-hand and fools me, it's a great feeling.

It probably is harder to fool people when they know they're going to be fooled.

I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

Maybe the the luxury of not having acting be my only profession is that I can be more selective about what I choose to be in. I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.