Neuroscientists are novices at deception.

I believe in art.

I'm a lazy sod.

Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.

People take reality for granted.

Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

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

In America, magic has never been an important part of peoples' lives.

The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives.

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.