I Do Not Believe That Ghosts Or

My Chief Task Has Been To Conquer Fear. The Public Sees Only The Thrill Of The Accomplished Trick; They Have No Conception Of The Tortuous Preliminary Self-training That Was Necessary To Conquer Fear.

I Always Have On My Mind The Thought That Next Year I Must Do Something Greater, Something More Wonderful.

I Am Not An Irretrievable Skeptic. I Am Not Hopelessly Prejudiced. I Am Perfectly Willing To Believe, And My Mind Is Wide Open; But I Have, As Yet, To Be Convinced. I Am Perfectly Willing, But The Evidence Must Be Sane And Conclusive.

The Pickpocket Is Usually Very Well Dressed And Of Prepossessing Appearance.

But It Must Not Be Thought That I Say This Out Of Personal Experience: For In The Many Years That I Have Been Before The Public My Secret Methods Have Been Steadily Shielded By The Strict Integrity Of My Assistants, Most Of Whom Have Been With Me For Years.