Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy

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.

The thought of a man is futile. But the word of God is flawless.

[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.

I love that contradiction of being feminine but playing in the boys' treehouse. My whole life's been like that.

I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it . It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

Audiences can tell when you're being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you're doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

Great grief is a divine and terrible radiance which transfigures the wretched.