Given my absolute druthers, I would certainly like to see that every part of my body is used for spare parts for science.

Next quotes

• Teller:

  Neuroscientists are novices at deception.

• Teller:

  Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

• Teller:

  Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information.

• Teller:

  When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

• Teller:

  People take reality for granted.

• Teller:

  Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

• Teller:

  Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience a

• Teller:

  I always assumed I'd spend my life happily performing in artsy-fartsy little theaters.

• Teller:

  In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-b

• Teller:

  If you read Shakespeare's stage directions, all the gore and violence is right in there.