Plays: 17669
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 that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. — J.K. Rowling
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks to British author J.K Rowling during the Inauguration Of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden on April 26, 2013 in London, England.
THEY MATCH
“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 fail by default.”
(Source: potter-road)
J.K. Rowling reads:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Harry at Ollivander’s
I’m in love with the way she does the voices.
(Source: hpread.scholastic.com)
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Hermione, with the best of intentions, becomes quite self-righteous. My heart is entirely with her as she goes through this. She develops her political conscience. My heart is completely with her. But my brain tells me, which is a growing-up thing, that in fact she blunders towards the very people she’s trying to help. She offends them. She thinks it’s so easy. It’s part of what I was saying before about the growing process, of realizing you don’t have quite as much power as you think you might have and having to accept that. Then you learn that it’s hard work to change things and that it doesn’t happen overnight. Hermione thinks she’s going to lead them to glorious rebellion in one afternoon and then finds out the reality is quite different.
JK Rowling
I have often said that Hermione is a bit like me when I was younger. I think I was seen by other people as a right little know-it-all, but I hope that it is clear that underneath Hermione’s swottiness there is a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure.
J.K. Rowling
In which J.K. Rowling gives the verdict on reading (x)
J.K. Rowling’s live webcast (11th Oct. 2012) [x]
