I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs.

I don't think about who the audience is for my books.

Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right. -Albus Dumbledore

There are much more terrible things than physical injury.

What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.