"The easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place someone is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death."

"My goal is to convince people that they can do anything if they set their mind to it."

"You see a trick when performed by an ordinary magician is not the same in my hands. I weave an air of romance and mystery about it and it appears in a different light, for example my card star trick..…"

"I would walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play before a paying audience."

"Anyone who believes in magic is a fool."