Ah well... wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on? Okay, let’s go.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

I think it’s the books that you read when you’re young that live with you forever.

My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.

I am very frustrated by fear of imagination, I don’t think that’s healthy.

Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.

You can choose, you can go one of two ways. You can be the person I probably admire more and say 'well I don't care and I'll continue not to bother to brush my hair.' Or you can be a weak-willed person like me and think 'oh I'd better get my act together. And maybe my mother was right and I do need to put my hair back and tidy myself up a bit.' So I did tidy myself up a bit. But I do often resent the amount of time that it takes to pull yourself together to go on TV, I really do. If I sound bitter, then that accurately reflects how I feel about the subject.