... perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.

He sobbed in desperation at the burden of fear he carried with him every day of his life.

They’re evacuating the younger kids and everyone’s meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We’re fighting.

I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.

Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.

I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books.

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.