J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE, FRSL, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and sold more than 400 million copies. They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of films which is the second highest-grossing film series in history. Rowling had overall approval on the...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth31 July 1965
CityYate, England
I definitely know that love is the most powerful thing of all.
A Dream is where a boy can swim in the deepest oceans and fly over the highest clouds.
Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
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.
I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.