“Do you know a better time than the present for igniting your dreams?”

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”

“Don't put your wand there, boy! What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know.""Who d'you know who's lost a buttock?""Never you mind...”

“No time better than the present,’ I always say. Or was that, ‘Nothing is better than a present’? I forget.”

“To dream the future is much more better than to regret the past.But the best of all, to live in the present life with all of your power.”

“Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you can write better than you can do anything else then go ahead and do it without frills and flourishes. Stick to your present job and write in your spare time: but do it as if it is a whole time job.”