J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE, FRSL, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth31 July 1965
CityYate, England
I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?
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 of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.
The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy.
Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.
If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.
If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.
I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
I've laid my friends bare.
I would always want printed books.
I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.
I just hate meetings.