Yes, there are parallels. The difference is that I just look at [my son] David and think that he's absolutely perfect, whereas you look at the finished book and you think, 'Oh, damn it, I should have changed that.' You're never happy. Whereas with a baby, you're happy. If you've got a perfect baby, you're just grateful.
J. K. RowlingI love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.
J. K. RowlingSnape'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.
J. K. RowlingWhich only goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words,' Dumbledore went on, smiling.
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