The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book. — 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
If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken… — 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
No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never,"… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
There aren't that many people who have written seven-book series, taken them 17 years. Actually finishing was (the) most remarkable feeling I've… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst… — 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 think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
What I would most like to think they would take away, is what I take away when I read my favorite books.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The moment I said I'd finished a book, I knew what would happen. There would be a bidding war, and I would… — 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
I think they thought it was very arrogant of me to write the end of my seven books series when I didn'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 Image
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 Image
What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
