J. K. Rowling Quotes

Everything in the least connected with him has value for me; if someone even mentions his name it is like a little present to me-and I long to mention it myself

I like wearing my dad's sweaters because I knew that he wore them when he held me when I was a baby.

A lot of the reasons why something is a favorite thing are all things you don't necessarily see, the place, the people, the time, where you are, what it meant to you at the time.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

Liverpool will always be special for me: my daughter was born here.

I have a coffee mug that my dad gave me years ago that has the San Mateo police logo and my dad's name on it, so I brought it to set and used it in a scene. I mean, you don't see it, it's not prominently featured, but I just wanted that connectivity.

'House' was such a special part of my life.

Minneapolis has always been a very special place for me.

Miami will always be special to me.

Chennai is a lucky charm for me and I hold the city very close to my heart.

For me, Minneapolis will always have a special place in my heart.

Singapore has always held a special place in my heart.

From Blue Valentine I kept my wedding ring. I actually kept it on for a while. After the shooting had stopped, I was still wearing it – I couldn’t quite take it off – and now I keep it above the kitchen sink where I do dishes, as a little memento.

That corner of the world smiles for me more than anywhere else.

The paper, the stapler, the staples, the tape. It makes me sick. Physical things. Forty years of loving someone becomes staples and tape.

Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.

I always feel honored to meet people who ever met my mum. It means a lot to me.

I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those years ago. I never buy anything purely for its value. I like possessions that smile back at me.

If I were to save one possession in a fire, it would have to be my dad's camera, an old, broken Nikon. I always keep it with me - his personal things mean a lot.

This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people.

'Smallville' was my first love and it is always close to my heart.

Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.

As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my song. This is a song a lot of people tell me is a part of their high school or college years. That means a lot to me.

The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.

Every film that I have done has a special place in my heart.