Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.
J. K. ROWLINGUltimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it.
J. K. ROWLINGI’m a writer, and I will write what I want to write.
J. K. ROWLINGWe are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
J. K. ROWLINGIf you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J. K. ROWLINGI find that discussing an idea out loud is often the way to kill it stone dead.
J. K. ROWLINGSize is no guarantee of power.
J. K. ROWLINGThe 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. ROWLINGDepression is deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it’s a healthy feeling. It is a necessary thing to feel.
J. K. ROWLINGThe world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.
J. K. ROWLINGDepression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again.
J. K. ROWLINGDepression is the absence of hope.
J. K. ROWLINGWhen you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.
J. K. ROWLINGThe truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
J. K. ROWLINGYou must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.
J. K. ROWLINGAh, music. A magic beyond all we do here!
J. K. ROWLINGI want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.
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