Joanne Rowling Quotes

I can write anywhere. I made up the names of the characters on a sick bag while I was on an airplane. I told this to a group of kids and a boy said, "Ah, no, that's disgusting." And I said, "Well, I hadn't used the sick bag."

Joanne Rowling

Quotes to Explore

You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.

Lakhdar Brahimi
- People
- Up
- Responsibility
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.

P. L. Travers
- Up
- Friends
- Age
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.

Jack Hanna
- Up
- Down
- Boat
I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.

Candace Camp
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

E. L. Doctorow
- Writing
- Learn
- Start
Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.

Garret Dillahunt
- Up
- Good
- Movie