This exchange marked the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favorite Death Eater. My response prompted several further letters from Mr. Malfoy, but as they consisted mainly of opprobrious remarks on my sanity, parentage, and hygiene, their relevance to this commentary is remote.
J. K. RowlingI write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It really depends on how fast the ideas are coming.
J. K. RowlingI think what is probably hard for people to imagine is how wrapped up the 17 years' work on Harry Potter is with what was going on in my life at the time. I was mourning the loss of this world that I had written for so long and loved so much. I was also mourning the retreat it had been from - from ordinary life, which it has been. And it forced me to look back at 17 years of my life and remember things.
J. K. RowlingMr. Weasley was unavailable for comment, although his wife told reporters to clear off or she'd set the family ghoul on them.
J. K. RowlingI never need to find time to read. When people say to me, โOh, yeah, I love reading. I would love to read, but I just donโt have time,โ Iโm thinking, โHow can you not have time?โ I read when Iโm drying my hair. I read in the bath. I read when Iโm sitting in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I can do the job one-handed, I read.
J. K. Rowling