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 is my oyster. I can do whatever I like.
... there are far, far worse things in the living world than dying.
You have to be free to fail in this world.
She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her
Parminder kept her unwept tears locked tightly inside where they seemed to undergo an alchemical transformation, returning to the outer world as lava slides of rage.
Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.
Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.
I will be sharing additional information I've been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter
Then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before...and it was blissful oblivion, better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world.
Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you," said Dumbledore quietly.
But you've been too busy saving the Wizarding world. Well ... I can't say I'm surprised. I knew this would happen in the end. I knew you wouldn't be happy unless you were hunting Voldemort. Maybe that's why I like you so much.
Gringotts was the safest place in the world for something you wanted to hide — except perhaps Hogwarts.
Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think that there was a little more love in the world.
I know [Umbridge] by reputation and I'm sure she's no Death Eater-" "She's foul enough to be one..." "Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.