I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

I will be sad. I've gotten very attached to Harry and all that goes on in his world, I guess I'll just be kind of tasting every bit of it because it will be the last one.

Awards are great, but they're not who you are, and pop culture isn't who you are.

I think kids need to be allowed to be more creative and learn more about artists these days, so I'm all about that.

I loved to draw. I always did. I started when I was about five years old.

When I'm not working on a children's book, I'm painting abstract paintings. That's probably the most joyous thing for me as an artist. But I do love children's books.

Friendship is a weird sort of thing when you think about it.

Richard Wright, a Mississippi-born negro, has written a blinding and corrosive study in hate. It is a novel entitled "Native Son".

Before fighting for truth, find the truth.

The challenge is what makes the success worthwhile.

If you can kill animals, the same attitude can kill human beings. The mentality is the same which exploits nature and which creates wars.

Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid.

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.

Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards.

I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.

Your higher self is always nudging you toward a resolution of the conflicts that you experience in your life, so that you will have room for serenity and harmony.