Be ruthless about protecting writing days.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Whatever, I copied all through school, and look how well I’m doing today.

I was in school for literature, and read so many 19th century and early 20th century novels that it was hard to break out of that and read an average Jeanette Winterson book or something.

I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.

Try to read books about meditation, but not so many different viewpoints that they get confusing. There is no best way. It's just what works for you at the time.

My life has changed. I'm not walking around any more wishing I wasn't me, which was the case at one time.

Nothing says you care for me better than offering to torture my enemies.

I didn't like the distance between my family and myself that I was experiencing from having to work all the time.

The people have a right to keep and bear arms.

Don't let tobacco companies make the choices for you... they care about their own well-being, not yours