Quotes by J. K. Rowling

About J. K. Rowling:

Joanne is a British novelist 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 scripts and maintained creative control by serving as a producer on the final instalment.
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Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

J. K. Rowling

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

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His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

J. K. Rowling

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

J. K. Rowling

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

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There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

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I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

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The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.

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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.

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You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work th...

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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.

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No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

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I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.

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I received free health care.

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Author Bio

  • NameJ. K. Rowling
  • DescriptionBritish novelist
  • AliasesJoanne "Jo" Rowling; Robert Galbraith; J K Rowling; Joanne Kathleen Rowling; JK Rowling; Joanne K. Rowling; Rowling, J. K.
  • BornJuly 31, 1965
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Writer; Novelist; Teacher; Children's Writer
  • WorksHarry Potter
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire; Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award; Princess Of Asturias Award - Concord