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

It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.

I don't really map anything out. I just let it happen [while writing]. But once it happens, it's always there. If it's laid, it's played. If I get to page 300 and it's not working, I junk it.

As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers.

You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great and silent congregation.

Life turns on a dime.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.