Never Take "no" For An Answer.

Magic Is Used In Espionage, All The Time, For Clandestine Things. I've Got A Whole Library From A Gentleman Who Was Hired By The Cia To Create Magic Technology For The Use Of Anti-terrorism.

I Was Published In Tarbell Course In Magic When I Was 12.

I Went To Visit Frank Capra, One Of My Idols, And Did A Kind Of Judd Apatow Interview With Him. I Said, "i'd Like The Statue Of Liberty To Disappear, But I Want To Do It As A Lesson In Freedom, How Valuable Freedom Is And What The World Would Be Like Without Liberty." And Frank Capra Looked At Me And Said, "david, I Love Your Idea, But Here's What You're Going To Do. You're Going To Try And It's Not Going To Work; It's Not Going To Disappear." And I Said, "mr. Capra, I Can't Do That."

My Uncle's House Burned Down When I Was 6 Years Old. We Got Out Safely. But Ever Since, I've Had A Nightmare Of Dying In A Fire.

To Make [parents] Happy, I Went To Fordham University For Three Weeks, While At The Same Time Running Ads In Variety, "magician-actor David Copperfield."