"You need to paint with enough assurance and confidence to know you can do whatever you like."

“Practice meditation regularly. Meditation leads to eternal bliss. Therefore meditate, meditate.”

“Strom Thurmond, the former segregationist candidate for president was the Republican Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 and he tried to get Jeff Sessions` nomination through that committee, but he couldn`t.”

“Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.”

“I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.”

Source : "Jamie Waylett Talks About Being 'Crabbe'". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

“I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.”

“Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.”

“If we only save the finger of one man, that's enough.”

“As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.”