And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

Many prefer not to exercise their imaginations at all. They choose to remain comfortably within the bounds of their own experience, never troubling to wonder how it would feel to have been born other than they are.

I have some problems with conventional organized religion.

I don't feel quite normal if I haven't written for a while. I doubt I will ever again write anything as popular as the "Harry" books, but I can live with that thought quite easily. By the time I stop writing about Harry, I will have lived with him for 13 years, and I know it's going to feel like a bereavement. So I'll probably take some time off to grieve, and then on with the next book!

Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second

Ah, well, people can be stupid abou' their pets," said Hagrid wisely.