My Head of House said I lacked certain necessary qualities...like the ability to behave myself.
J. K. RowlingI've been writing since I was six. It is a compulsion, so I can't really say where the desire came from; I've always had it. My breakthrough with the first book came through persistence, because a lot of publishers turned it down!
J. K. RowlingHarry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemortโs world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have never been seduced by the Dark Arts, never, even for a second, shown the slightest desire to become one of Voldemortโs followers!โ โOf course I havenโt!โ said Harry indignantly. โHe killed my mum and dad!โ โYou are protected, in short, by your ability to love!โ said Dumbledore loudly.
J. K. Rowling