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I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

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Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.

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There are enormous dangers in thinking that the world online is the world as it exists, that what you get from your one stroke on the Internet is all there is to know.

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Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

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For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

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Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

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I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

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Sitting with a deck of cards in your hand all day is an obsession. Visiting print shops and bookstores and libraries is an obsession. And writing about this is an obsession. I think, in general, most collectors are obsessed. I think the only form of a rationalized greed is when you're collecting something you are supposedly serious about.

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That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by use of language and slang, and criminal underground terms.

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I've been really lucky in terms of film projects with people, terrific actors and also writers and directors that I really respect.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: Unknown

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