J. K. Rowling Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.”

“We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.”

“His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.”

“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.”

“On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.”

“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.”

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

“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?”

“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.”

“The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”