Penn Jillette

'Zolten' is a common Hungarian name, it's my wife's maiden name and most importantly, it's the name of Dracula's dog.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't!

When I was 15, 16, 17 years old, I spent five hours a day juggling, and I probably spent six hours a day seriously listening to music. And if I were 16 now, I would put that time into playing video games.

I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship.

I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.

My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

I've voted Libertarian as long as I can remember, but I don't really remember much before the Clintons and the Bushes. Those clans made a lot of us bugnutty.

You have to be careful as a libertarian because you can sound very Republican.

I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.

I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.

You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.

I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.

Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'

'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.

If I go out to dinner with you and you order wine, I leave. I won't be around drugs and alcohol at all.

I've never had a drink of alcohol or any drug in my life.