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
To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.
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 writing for children - children's books chose me. I think if it is a good book anyone will read it.
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 the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother and it really was hand to mouth at one point. It was literally as poor as you can get in Britain without being homeless at one point. If you've ever been there you will never, ever take for granted that you don't need to worry. Never.
Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you experience it.
... you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!
... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.
I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.
What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal.
You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.
You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you.
Dumbledore was on his feet again, pale as any of the surrounding Inferi, but taller than any too, the fire dancing in his eyes; his wand was raised like a torch and from its tip emanated the flames, like a vast lasso, encircling them all with warmth.