Do you—do you think I want to—do you think I give a—I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!" Harry roared. "You will," said Dumbledore sadly. "Because you are not nearly as mad at me as you ought to be. If you are to attack me, as I know you are close to doing, I would like to have thoroughly earned it.

I've wanted to be an author as long as I can remember. English was always my favorite subject at school, so why I went on to do a degree in French is anyone's guess.

I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.

My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a book in the same way, no one sees the characters the same way. As a reader you imagine them in your own mind. So, together, as author and reader, we have both created the story.

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.

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.

Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.