I just hate meetings. Though it's true that once you've made a lot of money, people around you might be full of… — 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… — 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… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up… — 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
That's the perennial appeal of magic - that we ourselves have power and we can shape our world. I sometimes think its… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people's… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever… — 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
I've often met people who are terrified, you know, in a straight jacket of their own making because they'd rather do anything… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your… — 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
I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I think it's alarming that people believe that success enables one to forget how life felt before. As if one could simply… — 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