Joanne Rowling Quotes
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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What other grown-up gets told how to do their job so often as a writer?
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There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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All my friends were non-Muslims. I actually knew very little about Islam - like, very little.
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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I lived for four years in the 1930s with these individuals and the only time that I wasn't thinking about dealing with physical suffering is when I was working on this book. I've never been more alive as when I worked on this book.
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I write literary, not commercial, fiction - or so I've been told by my publishers who are proud I write literary fiction but secretly wish I wrote commercial.
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Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.
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You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby.
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Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they're between you and God.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
