Just think how many books I could've sold if Harry had been a bit more creative with his wand." -[On the success of 50 Shades of Grey]

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.

It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.

If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.

You cannot have it both ways.

This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.

Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.

I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer.

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.