J. K. Rowling Quotes

I ain't got no magical powers and mystical trips and all that kind of crap. It's kind of silly.

Witchcraft and priestcraft, were introduced into this world together, … and has gone on, hand in hand together

The occult - what do you mean, Jesus? That's occult to me. It's so far-fetched, it's ridiculous.

I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.

I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history.

I still want magic, I find. The old fashioned kind. I don't believe in it, but I still have a hankering for it.

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

I believe in magic, psychics and all that.

Actually, I think I'm part of the last generation to grow up believing in magic and fairies and believing I had powers - you know, lying on the ground and trying to have my spirit leave my body - which never happened; still working on that bit.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.

Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.

Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.

America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer.

The 18th century, which is usually held to be the most "materialistic" of epochs, was, in fact, a most "spiritualistic" one; in which ghosts, demons, quacks, philosophers' stones, enchanters' wands, mysteries and mummeries, were as fashionable—as they will probably be again some day.

For my part, I have ever believed, and do so now, that there are witches.

I'm a Marvel fan, and I think this particular world that 'Doctor Strange' goes into is really, really, really exciting. I'm really interested as both an actor and a fan to see what's done in this particular world. It's all about creativity. It's not about everything exploding at the end. It's about something very different.

It's a fine line between magic and science. In medieval times, science was magic.

I honestly do not believe in witchcraft.

Yeah, I believe in all the wild, witchcraft stuff. I don't like to dabble in that, but I believe they all know something.

Magic is what it is, and those who work it can be male or female; it doesn't matter. What matters is power.

The occult stuff, I grew up having a fascination about world religion and that fascination grew into other religions and other things and I kind of dabbled my way into the occult and started reading about the occult.

My mom is not religious, but she's a very spiritual, magical kind of lady. One time, when I was younger, my mom said she was a witch and that my grandmother was also a witch. It was late at night, and she was really sleepy, but I took it very seriously because I always wanted to go to Hogwarts.

I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.

Magic is my paint.

When it draws near to witching time of night.