Authority figures always attract trouble

Luck can only get you so far.

Ginny came in to visit while you were unconscious", he said, after a long pause, and Harry's imagination zoomed into overdrive, rapidly constructing a scene in which Ginny, weeking over his lifeless form, confessed her feelings of deep attraction to him while Ron gave them his blessing.

I think the Harry books are actually very moral, but some people just object to witchcraft being mentioned in a children's book.

I will defend the importance of bedtime stories to my last gasp.

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione.

McLaggen makes Grawp look like a gentleman.