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" Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary. "

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" Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not solely the grandest and the most memorable. "

" If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years old. That's when the body is most limber to learn those acrobatics. "

" 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 was never part of the sailing circle, but I enjoy when I'm invited to sail. "

" If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be. "

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

" If I see three oranges, I have to juggle. And if I see two towers, I have to walk. "

" Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing. "

" I love or hate things straight away. I like to go directly to action to see the result. I think I must be difficult, but at the same time, it's not for me to say. "

" Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet high. It was a public structure, very easy to access. And Sydney Harbour Bridge was half-and-half: a bridge, in the middle of the night. The World Trade Center was the end of the world. Electronic devices, police dogs. "

" When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film. "

" 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 side. If not, I will never do that first step. "

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

" In my life, I wanted to meet certain people. I never met Charlie Chaplin, but I met Werner Herzog. "

" Passion is the motto of all my actions. "

" I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music. "

" Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers. "

" I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the very beginning, I didn't care, I didn't know, and then slowly I started to know, and I started to care. I wanted to know more knots or the right knot for the special action. "

" I would like to continue to tell stories of what I did in a biographical way, so I will continue to write. "

" If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion. "

" It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on earth, before and maybe after a high-wire walk, but not during for me. "

" I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity. "

" On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me. "

" For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera. "

" Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk. "

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" My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order. "

" Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid. "

" I'm a wire-walker, but actually, I'm a moviemaker that hasn't done his first movie. "