Gavin saw a grave purely as a marker for the place where a corpse was decomposing; a nasty thought, yet people took it into their heads to visit and bring flowers, as though it might yet recover.

I find that discussing an idea out loud is often the way to kill it stone dead.

One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.

Sport is a very important subject at school, that's why I gave Quidditch such an important place at Hogwarts. I was very bad in sports, so I gave Harry a talent I would really loved to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?

Death comes for us all in the end.

The fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength

What you write becomes who you are… So make sure you love what you write!