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• If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
• I grew up like Athena—covered with playing cards instead of armor—and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing…
• The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.
• Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.
• I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person…
• I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
• For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if…
• I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century.
• I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.
• I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.
• Unlike other Jewish families, we didn't go out for Chinese food on Sundays, but we spent our time in a world of…
• I'm probably the only kid in history whose parents made him stop taking music lessons. They made me stop studying the accordion.

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