#me

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#became #because #been #big #big idea

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. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#actually #adult #ask #bingo #citizen

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#day #few #hard #i #just

I think for love to work you have to be with someone who you want to talk to before going to bed at night. ↗

— Cynthia Rowley

#before #going #i #i think #love

And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#bliss #cafe #idea #just #me

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#backgrounds #been #both #came #college

I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing? ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#first #first time #heard #i #i remember

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#dark side #i #side #sometimes #tendency

I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#form #fundamentalism #i #opposed