J.K. Rowling Quotes

The spells are made up. I have met people who assure me, very seriously, that they are trying to do them, and I can assure them, just as seriously, that they don`t work.

(Family Circle, 4-1-06): Anything`s possible if you`ve got enough nerve.

(When asked what the title would be for book six): It will be called `Harry Potter and...` something. Catchy, don`t you think? And I think I`ll follow the same model for seven.

I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to say, "On teabags, I used to save them."

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

(Asked by an interviewer about the next "Harry Potter" book): Well, it will be a papery object with pages inside.

I gave my hero a talent I`d love to have. Who wouldn`t want to fly?

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don`t know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

(About being held up at an airport for refusing to be parted from the manuscript of her seventh "Harry Potter" book): The heightened security restrictions on the airlines made the journey back from New York interesting, as I refused to be parted from the manuscript of book seven. A large part of it is handwritten and there was no copy of anything I had done while in the U.S. They let me take it on thankfully, bound up in elastic bands. I don`t know what I would have done if they hadn`t -- sailed home probably.

(Discussing her daughter, Jessica): Kids at her school will sidle up to me and say, "Does Jessica know what happens in book 4? Does Jessica know the title of book 4?" And I keep saying, "No! There is no point kidnapping her, taking her around back of the bike shed, and torturing her for information."

There is no good or evil: only power and those too weak to seek it.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

Choosing to live in narrow spaces leads to form of mental agoraphobia and that brings its own terrors. I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters, they are often more afraid. What is more, those who choose not to empathize enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude through our own apathy.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you.