With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn't sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours' writing. Nothing.

Instead (Harry) contented himself with scrawling a note to Ron: Let's do it tonight.

Why had he never appreciated the miracle that he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?

Warrington’s aim’s so pathetic I’d be more worried if he was aiming for the person next to me.

There is no part of me that feels that I represented myself as your children’s babysitter or their teacher. I was always, I think, completely honest. I’m a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!