I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
You could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own mental health, I need… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think that emotionally, I've probably felt a little bit more balanced when I started writing again. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write. But at times I have told myself that I don't necessarily have… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I have to write the story I want to write. I never wrote them with a focus group of 8-year-olds in mind.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I'm not so naive that I didn't know or didn't suspect that, at some point, someone was going to say "You're writing… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Every writer prefers good reviews over bad ones, and every writer wants to have lots of readers. But if it doesn't happen,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading and you'll go through a phase where… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
How do you remember everything from different books when you are still writing the HP series? As obsessive fans will tell you,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
But in some ways I think it's braver to do it like this. And, to an extent, you know what? The worst… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
What you write becomes who you are… So make sure you love what you write! — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
If you are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I'm sure that I'll never have another success like Harry Potter for the rest of my life, no matter how many books… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“I'll join you when Hell freezes over," said Neville. "Dumbledore's Army!" he shouted, and there was an answering cheer from the crowd, whom Voldemort's… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
I just hate meetings. Though it's true that once you've made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls,… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
I'm not anti-middle-class in the slightest. Look at me! I am very pro people putting time and money and effort into trying to improve… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
I'd always said never say never, because I knew that Warner Brothers wanted to do something with "Fantastic Beasts," and I did have kind… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
I'm not putting them on,” said old Archie in indignation. “I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
As he followed Bill back to the others a wry though came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. He… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share
