When I started reading novels that really charged me or did something to me, that's when I started thinking that maybe I would like to build stories instead of houses.

It takes concentration,practice & self-discipline to read & to think.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.