Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside. J. K. Rowling More Quotes by J. K. Rowling More Quotes From J. K. Rowling What will come, will come; you just have to be there to meet it. J. K. Rowling I'm not so naive that I didn't know or didn't suspect that, at some point, someone was going to say "You're writing about the occult." My wizarding world is a world of imagination. I think it is a moral world. J. K. Rowling imagination writing thinking I am not trying to influence anyone into black magic. That is the very last thing I'd want to do. J. K. Rowling magic black trying The best way to get children excited about reading is to read to them from the beginning of their lives. J. K. Rowling reading children way Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation. J. K. Rowling congratulations eye children I have to write the story I want to write. I never wrote them with a focus group of 8-year-olds in mind. I have to continue telling the story the way I want to tell it. J. K. Rowling focus writing years The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he has power, both literally and metaphorically, really appealed to me. J. K. Rowling adults children ideas I don't feel quite normal if I haven't written for a while. I doubt I will ever again write anything as popular as the "Harry" books, but I can live with that thought quite easily. By the time I stop writing about Harry, I will have lived with him for 13 years, and I know it's going to feel like a bereavement. So I'll probably take some time off to grieve, and then on with the next book! J. K. Rowling writing grieving book No, there's no University for Wizards. At the moment I'm only planning to write seven Harry Potter books. I won't say "never," but I have no plans to write an eighth book. J. K. Rowling potters writing book I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed. J. K. Rowling writing boys ideas Gilderoy Lockhart is also a lot like someone I once knew, but I don't think I'd better elaborate! J. K. Rowling thinking I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess. J. K. Rowling degrees long school I loved writing Dumbledore and he is the epitome of goodness. J. K. Rowling epitome goodness writing Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up stories on the computer when no one was looking. I was never paying much attention in meetings because I was usually scribbling bits of my latest stories in the margins of the pad or thinking up names for my characters. This is a problem when you're supposed to be taking minutes of the meeting. J. K. Rowling crazy writing jobs At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always. J. K. Rowling fourteen safe world Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. J. K. Rowling strength inspiring inspirational It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling inspiring inspirational life 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. J. K. Rowling innovation imagination inspirational I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing? J. K. Rowling teenager laughing mean I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side. J. K. Rowling dark sides sometimes
