We did it, we bashed them wee Potter's the one, and Voldy's gone moldy, so now let's have fun!

Sometimes you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.

I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!" yelled Uncle Vernon. Hagrid seized his pink umbrella and whirled it over his head "NEVER -" he thundered "- INSULT -ALBUS -DUMBLEDORE - IN - FRONT - OF - ME!

Be good now, Potty...Weasel King.

My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a book in the same way, no one sees the characters the same way. As a reader you imagine them in your own mind. So, together, as author and reader, we have both created the story.

Without cunning, there is no innovation. Without ambition, there is no accomplishment.

There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.