English - Author | July 31, 1965 -
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
J. K. Rowling
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
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In fact, you couldn't give me anything to make me go back to being a teenager. Never. No, I hated it.
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I just hate meetings. Though it's true that once you've made a lot of money, people around you might be full of ideas about ways to make lots more money and might be disappointed that you don't want to seize every opportunity to do so.
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There's no formula.
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I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.
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I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
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In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.
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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.
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I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.
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Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is.
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