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
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
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 love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Ginny, listen . . . I can’t be involved with you anymore. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The success of Harry Potter has given me lots of freedom. I can pay my bills, and I don't have to prove… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I imagine them very clearly and then attempt to describe what I can see. Sometimes I draw them for my own amusement!… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
My daughter Jessica said to me recently, who wasn't sorted into Hufflepuff, 'I think we should all want to be Hufflepuffs.' I… — 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
George: "I can't see anyone trying to bump off a quidditch team." Fred: "Wood might've done the Slytherins if he could've got… — 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
