Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.
I'm currently doing Undeclared an American TV show set in a college. It just got aired and got massive ratings so hopefully that'll screen in the UK soon.
I'll tell you, being on set on 'Harry Potter' was nerve-wracking. It was surreal to be in a room with those three kids, all of whom know exactly what they're doing.
I have never since entirely freed myself of the impression that this life is a segment of existence which is enacted in a three-dimensional boxlike universe especially set up for it.
If no set of moral ideas were truer or better than any other, there would be no sense in preferring civilised morality to savage morality.
My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwhatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.
On Disney, we stick to the script. But you go to the 'Grown Ups set' and it's completely different. Same thing with Tyler Perry - it's nothing but ad-libbing.
What sets humans apart from animals is that we have to walk around saying how smart we are, and animals just live their lives.
I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level.
The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.
When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
We should set our goals; then learn to control our appetites. Otherwise, we will lose ourselves in the confusion of the world.
But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.
I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
Follow your heart as long as you live...Bring your whole heart towards excellence...And no limit may be set to art.
But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
I think the grandfather of the set is the director. He needs to have authority, to do what people want. A warm grandfather; he needs to know his job, to be open.
I've been on sets where I broke my ankle on a television show doing a stunt playing Arthur in 'Camelot.' That was because it was really rushed, and it hadn't been thought through properly.
Any alternative culture that inspires a lot of passion and inspiration is also in danger of being set in its ways, almost from the moment it's born.
But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.
