J. K. Rowling Quotes

English - Author Born: July 31, 1965

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J. K. Rowling

If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. J. K. Rowling

Man, Equality, Measure Of A Man, You, He

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - J. K. Rowling

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J. K. Rowling

Choices, More, Show, Far, Our, Than

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. J. K. Rowling

Failure, Live, Impossible, You, Without

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. - J. K. Rowling

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. J. K. Rowling

Internet, Teenagers, Curse, Been, Boon

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side. - J. K. Rowling

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side. J. K. Rowling

Walk, Dark, Sometimes, Dark Side, Side

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. - J. K. Rowling

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. J. K. Rowling

You, Enough, Possible, Anything, Got

What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does. - J. K. Rowling

What's coming will come and we'll just have to meet it when it does. J. K. Rowling

Meet, Will, Coming, Just, Come, Does

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

Courage, Great, Stand, Stand Up, Friends

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. J. K. Rowling

Good, Writing, Understanding, You, Will

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. J. K. Rowling

Innovation, Power, Imagination, Never

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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

Writing, Me, Seeing, Cafe, Bliss, Off

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. - J. K. Rowling

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. J. K. Rowling

Dreams, Live, Forget, Dwell, Does

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. - J. K. Rowling

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike. J. K. Rowling

Dislike, Neglect, More, Indifference

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. - J. K. Rowling

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself. J. K. Rowling

Fear, Name, Itself, Thing, Increases

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

Work, Failure, Myself, Energy, Me, Talk

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

Best, Talent, She, Someone, Remembered

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

Life, Fear, Daughter, My Life, Free, Old

Death is just life's next big adventure. J. K. Rowling

Life, Adventure, Death, Big, Next, Just

The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy. J. K. Rowling

You, Fantasy, Things, Just, Thing, About

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. J. K. Rowling

Trust, Brain, Think, You, Never, See

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools. J. K. Rowling

Fear, Depression, Stress, Yourself

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential. - J. K. Rowling

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential. J. K. Rowling

Failure, Away, Means, Stripping

The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. J. K. Rowling

Responsibility, Moment, You, Enough, Old

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

Age, Men, Youth, Know, Forget, Guilty

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

People, Writing, Me, Know, Want, Citizen

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other. J. K. Rowling

Ending, You, Without, Share, Things, Up

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