If I produce a 450-pound Bengal tiger, it's going to create a lot more wonder than if I produce a rabbit.

It's important to me to create the largest wonder.

Now there was no wonder in the Statue of Liberty illusion because he, Copperfield, attempted to do something so large that it stretched the credibility of the audience to the point where most people didn't believe any of it anymore.

We didn't know there was this urgent need to produce these things. They said, 'Can you pull a rabbit out of your hat?' We did the best we could.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.