It sort of floated toward me, said Ron, illustrating the movement with his free index finger, right to my chest, and then it just went straight through. It was here, he touched a point close to his heart, I could feel it, it was hot. And once it was inside me I knew what I was supposed to do, I knew it would take me where I needed to go. So I Disapparated and came out on the side of a hill. There was snow everywhere. . . .

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.

Susan Sontag

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

Zoe Saldana

I watch with envious eyes and mind, the single-souled who dare not feelThe wind that blows beyond the moon, who do not hear the fairy reel

Neil Gaiman

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

People don't think their dreams amount to much, but when I ask them to examine them for common themes, they surprise themselves at how accurate they are! They see that their dreams have value.

Henry Reed

I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

Norah Jones

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

Pablo Picasso

Most people would rather get than give affection

Aristotle

He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.

Terry Pratchett

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Albert Schweitzer

As much as I hate his movies, Oliver Stone has an aspiration I admire, and that is that he wants his art to be part of what makes and changes public policy and cultural practice.

Tony Kushner

...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very people associated with various uplifting activities in the theater are people who are astoundingly lacking in idealism.

Minnie Maddern Fiske, Mrs. Fiske