I don't feel I owe my readers details of my family's private life.

I'm not going to be murdered," Harry said out loud. "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.

Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.

I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.

Knocking the shrieking goblins aside like skittles

Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.