Teller

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

People do not come to a Penn & Teller show to see a magic show. They just don't. They come to see weird stuff that they can see no place else, that will make them laugh and make the little hairs stand up on the backs of their necks.

The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look at each other and really confront that moment.

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.