If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.

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

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

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.

I certainly was performing before my writing was published, because I was performing when I was very young. And the thing is I'm very comfortable on stage, so a large portion of my act did come from ad-libs.

I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

In the winters, I enrolled in the hotel management program at Cornell University. I naively thought that I knew something about sleight-of-hand, entertainment and food, and that would be all I needed.