「There's something buried deep within all of us I think that would like to get the owl and be told you are not only unique and special, I'm going to take you to where your people are. I mean that's such a seductive idea. I think that's not just something that children crave. It's something that all of us crave.」
「Don't legends always have a basis in fact?」
「Children believe in magic because they're starting to make sense of controlling their world. But I think we all have that inside us. The world is complex and largely unknowable, and although we've moved on to science, I think that we all at heart retain a certain amount of magical thinking.」
「Free will is the abiding principle of the Potterbooks, not prophecy.」