I think that perhaps if I had had to slow down the ideas so that I could capture them on paper I might have stifled some of them.

Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s enough, Phineas,” said Dumbledore.

There. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get a scar! That's what you want, isn't it?

There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children’s babysitter or their teacher. I was always, I think, completely honest. I’m a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

And it's Gryfindor in possession again, as Johnson takes the Quaffle - Flint alongside her - poke him in the eye, Angelina - it was a joke, professor, it was a joke.

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel — Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.