I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."

I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.

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

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

That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by use of language and slang, and criminal underground terms.