To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
J. K. ROWLINGTo the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
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. 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. ROWLINGThe last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
J. K. ROWLINGLife is too short. I only want to do things that I enjoy, or that I think are good or worth doing.
J. K. ROWLINGDo not pity the dead. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.
J. K. ROWLINGLet us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
J. K. ROWLINGWriting for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don’t think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.
J. K. ROWLINGIn the end, it mattered not that you could not close your mind. It was your heart that saved you.
J. K. ROWLINGSometimes ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works.
J. K. ROWLINGYou must accept the reality of other people.
J. K. ROWLINGAlways have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.
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. ROWLINGIt 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 fail by default.
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. ROWLINGUnderstanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.
J. K. ROWLING