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

Be good now, Potty...Weasel King.

Imagination is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.

Hello, Minister!" bellowed Percy, sending a neat jinx straight at Thicknesse, who dropped his wand and clawed at the front of his robes, apparently in awful discomfort. "Did I mention I'm resigning?

I've never wanted to be a witch, but an alchemist, now that's a different matter. To invent this wizard world, I've learned a ridiculous amount about alchemy. Perhaps much of it I'll never use in the books, but I have to know in detail what magic can and cannot do in order to set the parameters and establish the stories' internal logic.

Oh, shut up Weatherby.

If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.