There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind. — 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
Be ruthless about protecting writing days…althoug h writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. — 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 is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children’s babysitter or their teacher. I was always,… — 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
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
What you write becomes who you are… So make sure you love what you write! — 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
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
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
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
And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest… — 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
If someone asked for my recipe for happiness, step one would be finding out what you love most in the world and… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know,… — 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'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
