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One thing I found that really is worth a read is Las Vegas Weekly cover story on Teller and his “Red Ball” trick.

It's a fantastic article that profiles the silent side of Penn and Teller, about his obsession about a new trick created for the duo's Vegas show;

“There is no one more like a puppy with a slipper than me,” Teller says. But he sounds more like a pit-bull with a locked jaw: “I latch on to something and I will not unlatch from it until I am completely satisfied with it.” He adds, “It is not a good characteristic.” In fact, it’s very good for a creative partnership. In the essay Penn contributes to the program, he explains why he does not hate Teller. “I like the chair being where Teller thinks it should be, but I don’t want to watch him find that place. I love talking to Teller about the bits. I love doing the bits, but I don’t like getting them onstage. That’s Teller’s job. If Teller made me come to the Penn & Teller rehearsals, CNN would have already covered his funeral and my trial. I never want to see his ‘process.’ In the P&T world, the line is straight if Teller says it’s straight while Penn is at Starbucks reading the paper.” Since I have seen Penn hanging out in the Starbucks next to their Rio showroom, that might be literally true."