J. K. Rowling Quotes

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J. K. Rowling

Profession : Author

Birth : July 31, 1965

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

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

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Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

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Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

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I am proud of having done what I've done. Very proud.

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I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?

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There's no formula.

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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.

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But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.

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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.

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I think you're working and learning until you die.

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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.

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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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I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.

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I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

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Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

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I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

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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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