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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I think you're working and learning until you die.

J. K. Rowling

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.

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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.

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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

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What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does.

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The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

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Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

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People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry ...

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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.

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Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and st...

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I always felt an outsider.

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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.

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I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

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The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.

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Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

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I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

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I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.

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Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

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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