Writers remember everything...especially the hurts. Strip a writer to the buff, point to the scars, and he'll tell you the story of each small one. From the big ones you get novels. A little talent is a nice thing to have if you want to be a writer, but the only real requirement is the ability to remember the story of every scar. Art consists of the persistence of memory.

Yes, I’ve made a great deal of dough from my fiction, but I never set a single word down on paper with the thought of being paid for it...I have written because it fulfilled me. ... I did it for the pure joy of the things. And if you can do it for joy, you can do it forever.

Hurt's a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don't change facts.

I'm going to be dead for a long time, so I have a lot to do now.

JK Rowling created seven Horcruxes. She put a part of her soul in every book and now her books will live forever

It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.

It wasn't just love that held people together. There was secrets, and the price you paid to keep them.