I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil.

My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a book in the same way, no one sees the characters the same way. As a reader you imagine them in your own mind. So, together, as author and reader, we have both created the story.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

Harry: "And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?” Ron: “Throw it away and punch him on the nose.

Deliberately causing mayhem in Snape's Potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye.