Joanne Harris Quotes

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

I think it is bad luck to put shoes on a table or walk under ladders.

Nothing is going to happen to you if you throw salt on the floor, stand under a ladder, or see eight black cats on the street.

I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.

I hate to say it because I feel like it might be a jinx, but yes - knock on wood - I have never broken a bone.

I believe in superstitions. You don't talk about a child who hasn't been born.

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.

Actually, I don't even believe in curses.

I knock on my board to unjinx myself.

I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand.

Actors really are superstitious. You can always spot a group of actors at a restaurant. They're the ones spitting on their knuckles and hurling salt everywhere.

I'm superstitious.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

My family was very loving but also very superstitious. My mother was always telling us, 'Don't walk under a ladder or you'll have bad luck,' or, 'If you spill salt, be sure and toss a pinch over your shoulder, or you're in trouble.'

I won't talk of bad luck. I don't believe in it.

When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life.

Four is actually my lucky number.

Black cats cross my path all the time. I'll break a mirror. I have no regard for superstition.

Of course I don't believe in it [pointing to horseshoe on his office wall]. But I understand that it brings you luck whether you believe in it or not.

My right eye itches, some good luck is near.

May the hair on your toes never fall out!