I'm Just Waiting For People

It Is The Unspoken Ethic Of All Magicians To Not Reveal The Secrets.

You'd Go In The Magic Shop [as An 8-year-old ], And You'd Walk Up To The Magicians Doing Stuff, And They'd Turn Their Back On You. "oh My Gosh, I Wish They Would Accept Me." It Really Lit A Fire. I Really Wanted To Succeed.

Like In Comedy, You Know The Names Of The People Who Steal Things That Others Work Really Hard On. It Really Sucks. And, In Magic, It's Not Just The Hard Work Of Getting The Words And Attitude And Point Of View Right; You're Taking An Actual Invention, Making Something Over Three Or Four Years, And Somebody Can Just Take It.

I Was Teaching Magic At Nyu When I Was 16.

It's Really Hard To Think Of One Kind Of Magic As A Favorite. I've Been Really Fortunate In That I've Been Able To Perform Such A Diverse Range Of Things.