Joanne Rowling Quotes
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I am the freest author in the world.
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I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur.
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Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.
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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.
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George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.” “Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” said George lightly.
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So Dobby stopped us from getting on the train and broke your arm. . . ." He shook his head. "You know what, Harry? If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.
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The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words.
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But I got this far, didn’t I?” he said slowly. “They thought I’d die in the attempt, but I’m here . . . and you’re in my power. . . . I’m the one with the wand. . . . you’re at my mercy. . .
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Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, The Physiology of Common Life Killing is not nearly as easy as the innocent believe.
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You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
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Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!
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Amazing, how much more difficult it was to extend his arm twelve inches and touch her hand than it was to snatch a speeding Snitch from midair.
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I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.
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The first story I finished was when I was six years old.
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Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.
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I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
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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.
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Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.
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Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
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The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
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I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.
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The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.
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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.