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Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested.

What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.

I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.

I found out that total creativity involves a certain intellectual rebellion - not to become a criminal, but somehow. to be totally creating, you have to do things that are a little bit forbidden. You have to feel free, and...

For me, since I have a life wish, not a death wish, for me, I was not gambling my life. I was doing something much more beautiful. I was carrying my life across.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose....

I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without...

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.

The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent - some would one say to cheat.

There was a time when fire and story would fall asleep in unison. It was dream time.

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly...

As I'm studying magic, juggling is mentioned repeatedly as a great way to acquire dexterity and coordination. Now, I had long admired how fast and fluidly jugglers make objects fly. So that's it. I'm 14; I'm becoming a juggler.

On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.

I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed a certitude, a faith that convinced me that I will get safely to the other...

When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and sorrow.

I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.

There is a child inside me that wants to come out and do something to surprise all the adults.

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