"Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community."

"I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'"

"It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another?"

"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."

"Like your home's closets, your financial clutter needs an overhaul every now and again, and the payoff will go far beyond the psychic satisfaction of neatening up."

"I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding."

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

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