Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

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.

For one to succeed, one must be a assured of failure.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But in our culture we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture.

There is a down-and-outness under true knowledge and a childlike happy arising from it.

To be a good kisser start slow, definitely ramp into it and remember somebody's on the other side of your mouth!

As an author, I get paid to break my own heart on a regular basis.

Doing 'Young Adult' was really reassuring to me in a lot of ways. It confirmed a lot of suspicions I had about great actors.