I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.

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.

Ritual may be vital to reaction, but it is also the life blood of revolution.

To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe

The wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it.

My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.

I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.

I live in Los Angeles and I like to do a lot of hiking. I live a very relaxed life.

You should never die for your beliefs, because what if you're wrong?

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.