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
You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. (Dumbledore)
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our friends, but just as much to stand up to our enemies.
>in divinationHarry: Wait, I've got two neptunes, that cant be right!Ron: >imitating professor trelwan
People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for being right.
Most important in a friendship? Tolerance and loyalty.
Indifference and neglect often do more damage than outright dislike.
But you are normal!" said Harry fiercely. "You've just got a-a problem-"Lupin burst out laughing. "Sometimes you remind me alot of James. He called it my 'furry little problem' in company. Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.
There's enough filth on my robes without you touching them.
We've been improving it. The badge now read Bighead Boy.
Whatever happens to your body, your soul will survive, untouched...
The wizards represent all that the true 'muggle' most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!