Failure is not fun. It can be awful. But living so cautiously that you never fail is worse.
J. K. RowlingNext time thereโs a ball, ask me before someone else does, and not as a last resort!
J. K. RowlingLongbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something.
J. K. RowlingOn her daughter, Jessica: Kids at her school will sidle up to me and say, Does Jessica know what happens in book 4? Does Jessica know the title of book 4? And I keep saying, No! There is no point kidnapping her, taking her around back of the bike shed, and torturing her for information.
J. K. Rowling