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- I never expected to be in the papers. I personally never expected to be in the papers. The height of my ambition for these books…
- If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.
- Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas you look at…
- On her daughter, Jessica: Kids at her school will sidle up to me and say, Does Jessica know what happens in book 4? Does Jessica…
- 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 always had it.…
- Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came…
- During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate on…
- I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about…
- I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about…
- I won't say 'never,' but I have no plans to write an eighth book.
- What I would most like to think they would take away, is what I take away when I read my favorite books. Which is the…
- 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 a ridiculous amount…
- I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book.
- Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages…
- He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn't paid attention to where he was going.
- I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, 'Ms. Rowling, I'm so…
- Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.
- Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop…
- I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
- I think they thought it was very arrogant of me to write the end of my seven books series when I didn't have a publisher…
- 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 ever had. (I)…
- I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write…
- 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 got half an…
- I would always want printed books.
- With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity…
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