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
The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.
Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
Do not pity the dead, Harry.
In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own.
You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.
Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.
I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.
Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!
Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.
It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.
Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.