You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that.

Sounded like a load of waffle to me." "There was some important stuff hidden in the waffle.

Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came close to finishing two.

But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.

Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know, my fantasy of being a famous writer, and again there's a slight disconnect with reality which happens a lot with me. I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.