All's fair in love and war," said Ron brightly, "and this is a bit of both.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

So that's little Scorpious. Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank god you've inherited your mother's brains.

I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life hit rock bottom, that safety net, threadbare though it had become under John Major's Government, was there to break the fall. I cannot help feeling, therefore, that it would have been contemptible to scarper for the West Indies at the first sniff of a seven-figure royalty cheque. This, if you like, is my notion of patriotism.

I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

We can't choose our fate, but we can choose others. Be careful in knowing that.