Those who want power do not deserve it.And those who deserve power do not want it.

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.

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.

If you hate others in the name of God, you should be looking within to see where it stopped being about God and where it started being about YOU.

Stories are there to entertain, preserve history, or serve a societal purpose of some kind.

Everything is possible to him that dares.

The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

Confused by the big city blues, he didn't know who's life he's leading. Put yourself behind the wheel, see if you can get that feel.

A writer must know how people read, what are the main sources of reading errors, and what can be done to possibly forestall them.

Everything is soul and flowering.

I am me, therefore I am the best.