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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There appears to be something to do with vehicles and movement that stimulates my writing.

J. K. Rowling

I don't think about who the audience is for my books.

J. K. Rowling

I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

J. K. Rowling

If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz.

J. K. Rowling

I'm not a natural joiner.

J. K. Rowling

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

J. K. Rowling

I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.

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The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy.

J. K. Rowling

I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.

J. K. Rowling

I've laid my friends bare.

J. K. Rowling

Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.

J. K. Rowling

Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.

J. K. Rowling

My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.

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In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.

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I am the freest author in the world.

J. K. Rowling

I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.

J. K. Rowling

There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.

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When I was in my teens I had issues with OCD.

J. K. Rowling

I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.

J. K. Rowling

I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because I also know what my next book for adults will be, and I really like that, too, so it depends. I've always had more than one thing going.

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If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

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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