Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.

I think writing about the time in Hermione’s life that I write about – growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think it brought back to me how very difficult it is.So much is expected of you as you become a woman, and often you are asked to sacrifice parts of you in becoming a girl, I would say. Hermione doesn’t.

Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.

Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.

Howard and Shirley were clothed, always, in an invisible layer of decorum that they never laid aside.

He had grown used to the idea that Dumbledore could solve anything.

All we do is read the stupid textbook," said Ron.