"I decided that my magic had to change. That I had to give serious thought to presentation. That, in fact, my presenta…"

"Magicians do not, as a rule, presume that their audiences are intelligent and sensitive enough to want the magic to b…"

"Few things make me more livid than insulting bad theatre of any sort. Conversely, perfectly realised and exquisitely …"

"One minute she is a sweet old silly, knitting herself a set of syringe covers and talking about her favourite flowers…"

"Uninformed strong opinions - and I particularly include religious ones, which for some reason get special treatment -…"

"One can be a true believer in anything: psychic ability, Christianity or, as Bertrand Russell classically suggested (…"

"The appreciation of a painting or a piece of music, for example, or even falling in love, is all about our subjectivi…"

"We are allowed to question people about their politics or ethics and expect them to defend their beliefs, or at least…"

"Moderate religious people may of course express distaste for such violence, pretending that the clear calls for grote…"

"I deeply, and widely, believe that performance is a very personal affair, and that one must pursue one’s own sense of…"