'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children’s babysitter or their teacher. I was always, I think, completely honest. I’m a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

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

Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.

Prongs rode again last night... You know, Harry, in a way, you did see your father last night... You found him inside yourself.

He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life.

The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters.