J. K. Rowling

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

J. K. Rowling

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

J. K. Rowling

Sometimes you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.

J. K. Rowling

I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life’s ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be.

J. K. Rowling

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

J. K. Rowling

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

J. K. Rowling

Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

J. K. Rowling

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

J. K. Rowling

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

J. K. Rowling

Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticized only by fools.

J. K. Rowling