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
In many, many ways... Hufflepuff is my favorite house.
In truth, I never consider the audience for whom I'm writing. I just write what I want to write.
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
Print will never die. There's no substitute for the feel of an actual book. I adore physically turning pages, and being able to underline passages and not worrying about dropping them in the bath or running out of power. I also find print books objects of beauty.
Harry found the [tea]... seemed to burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest.
Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What's to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.
I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second
Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!
To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.
I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about writing for children - children's books chose me. I think if it is a good book anyone will read it.
I've only suffered writer's block badly once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!
Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.