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 always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.

Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of baking powder biscuits and the best shrimp cocktails that ever were.

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

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

I suppose that if I could only do one thing, a solid card effect would be pretty high on the list. That's the root of it all, sleight-of-hand. It's certainly the thing I feel most comfortable with.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.