Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance.

I believe that lack of empathy is behind many problems, and I believe that it's disrupting our society. In Great Britain, there is a steady decline in the willingness to be truly generous, and by that I don't mean monetary generosity, but friendship and sympathy for others.

She was actively frightened of imparting confidences, because she feared that they might betray the world of oddness that lived inside her

Bless my soul,” whispered the old bartender, “Harry Potter . . . what an honor.

Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.

From here on in, Harry, I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.

Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.