Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading and you'll go through a phase where you will imitate your favorite writers and that's fine because that's a learning experience too.

Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.

Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.

This is not about money or anything other than the pleasure of reading for people who want to read it.

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.

Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came close to finishing two.

She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her