I'm not a human being. I'm despicable and disgusting - but that's where the money is.

So, while fitting in, she was like a wicked detail standing out against a placid background.

Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.

Writing is extremely personal, and that's the joy of it for me.

I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts for my parents and their friends. I was aiming for show business from early days, and magic was the poor man's way of getting in: you buy a trick for $2, and you've got an act.

I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.

I'm not Vegas. Places I play usually cost like $3 to get in, you know, and people are going: Gee, I've got $3, I think I'll throw it away.