"I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal."

"Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."

"I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had."

"No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing."

"Wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication."

"It is a timeless truth that beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft."

"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."