I learned that there were two ways I could live my life: following my dreams or doing something else. Dreams aren't a matter of chance, but a matter ….

It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its a….

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody int….

I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings..

What you think is impossible in life actually is possible..

Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder..

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire..

The most important thing is presentation..

When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't..

There was an old brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a quote from Robert Redford or someone, that said, "You're only as good as y….

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets..

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear..

Dreams are illusions, and we can't let go of them because we would be dead..

The real secret of magic lies in the performance..

In movies, storytelling and every single art form, we're creating wonder. You're starting with a blank page and creating something that doesn't exist..

I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions..

My job is to make people dream. Of course, there's a lot of technical stuff behind the scenes and a lot of hard work behind it, but I get to watch pe….

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'..

For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories like that. I want to move p….

When I was a kid, people wanted to be an astronaut. Today, kids want to be famous, and that's totally the wrong approach. You have to have authentici….

For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before..