I had the idea of a boy who was a wizard and didn't yet know what he was. I never sat down and wondered, "What shall I write about next?". It just came, fully formed.

Wonder what it’s like to have a peaceful life,” Ron sighed, as evening after evening they struggled through all the extra homework they were getting.

What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.

Always the tone of surpise.

Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.

Even You-Know-Who can't split himself into seven.

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.