I'm a real sucker for guitars. I've had a crush on many, many a guitarist.

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.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines upon you.

With the strength of God, we shall overcome every struggle.

A man finds no sweeter voice in all the world than that which chants his praise.

A lot of artists make art for five years, some artists make art for ten years, a few make art for fifteen: very few do it until they die.

I wanted to find my limitations so I decided to do Shylock. And if I fail? I've never been afraid of that. I have other fears - doing bad work knowingly is the worst fear.

Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.

I've been writing forever, 20 years.

Goods are displayed by thousands of shopkeepers with a sense of beauty that finds no other outlet.

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.