1,417 Quotes by J. K. Rowling

Sirius — it’s me . . . it’s Peter . . . your friend . . . you wouldn’t . . .” Black kicked out and Pettigrew recoiled. “There’s enough filth on my robes without you touching them,” said Black.

I think Mum's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him.

I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.

In March several of the Mandrakes threw a loud and raucous party in greenhouse three. This made Professor Sprout very happy. “The moment they start trying to move into each other’s pots, we’ll know they’re fully mature,” she told Harry.

They’re evacuating the younger kids and everyone’s meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We’re fighting.

I don't feel quite normal if I haven't written for a while. I doubt I will ever again write anything as popular as the "Harry" books, but I can live with that thought quite easily. By the time I stop writing about Harry, I will have lived with him for 13 years, and I know it's going to feel like a bereavement. So I'll probably take some time off to grieve, and then on with the next book!

She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn't see it in themselves.

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.

I think the next thing I publish will be for children, but I don't really want to be held to that because I also know what my next book for adults will be, and I really like that, too, so it depends. I've always had more than one thing going.