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
Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose… — 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
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've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Wherever I am, if I've got a book with me, I have a place I can go and be happy — 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
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
If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Some readers and commentators really want to scrape your insides out to make sense of your work. Others say, there's the work,… — 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
I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, 'Ms.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not… — 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
Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing… — 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
On her daughter, Jessica: Kids at her school will sidle up to me and say, Does Jessica know what happens in book… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are… — 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
