j k rowling

“ The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. ”

“ Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. ”

“ Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I dont think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it. ”

“ Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardship. ”

“ We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better. ”

“ Be ruthless about protecting writing days. ”

“ Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged. ”

“ It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. ”

“ Achievable goals are the first step to self-improvement. ”

“ It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at allin which case, you fail by default. ”