I believe that lack of empathy is behind many problems, and I believe that it's disrupting our society. In Great Britain, there is a steady decline in the willingness to be truly generous, and by that I don't mean monetary generosity, but friendship and sympathy for others.

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.

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

Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground.

We touch other people's lives simply by existing.

Don't count your owls before they are delivered.

I don't drive. No. Cars terrify me. I am really frightened of cars.