„Schließlich ist der Tod für den gut vorbereiteten Geist nur das nächste große Abenteuer.“
— Joanne K. Rowling
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen. Aus dem Englischen von Klaus Fritz. Carlsen Verlag, 2000. S. 323. ISBN 3-551-55167-7
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Joanne K. Rowling
Geburtstag: 31. Juli 1965
Andere Namen:Джоан Роулинг,J.K. Rowling
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Joanne K. Rowling [ˌd͡ʒəʊˈæn ˈkeɪ ˈrəʊlɪŋ], OBE , bekannt als J. K. Rowling oder unter ihrem Pseudonym Robert Galbraith, ist eine britische Schriftstellerin, die mit einer Reihe von Romanen um den Zauberschüler Harry Potter berühmt wurde. Die Mittelinitiale „K“, die für den Vornamen ihrer Großmutter „Kathleen“ steht, fügte Rowling selbst hinzu.
2004 schätzte das Forbes Magazine Rowlings Vermögen erstmals auf eine Milliarde US-Dollar. Damit wäre sie unter den Schriftstellern der Weltgeschichte die Erste. In einem 2007 veröffentlichten Interview dementierte sie diese Summe jedoch. 2012 wurde sie schließlich von Forbes aus der Liste der Dollar-Milliardäre entfernt.
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„Viel mehr als unsere Fähigkeiten sind es unsere Entscheidungen, [... ] die zeigen, wer wir wirklich sind.“
— Joanne K. Rowling
Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens. Aus dem Englischen von Klaus Fritz. Carlsen Verlag, 2000. S. 343. ISBN 3-551-55168-5
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„Es verlangt einiges an Mut, sich seinen Feinden entgegenzustellen, doch genauso viel, den eigenen Freunden in den Weg zu treten.“
— Joanne K. Rowling
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen. Aus dem Englischen von Klaus Fritz. Carlsen Verlag, 2000. S. 332. ISBN 3-551-55167-7
„Geld und Leben, so viel du dir wünschst! Die beiden Dinge, welche die meisten Menschen allem andern vorziehen würden – das Problem ist, die Menschen haben den Hang, genau das zu wählen, was am schlechtesten für sie ist.“
— Joanne K. Rowling
Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen, Aus dem Englischen von Klaus Fritz. Carlsen Verlag, 2000. S. 323. ISBN 3-551-55167-7
„They see it for what it is... It is a fantasy world and they understand that completely.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Context: I absolutely did not start writing these books to encourage any child into witchcraft. … I'm laughing slightly because to me, the idea is absurd.
I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, "Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I've read these books because now I want to be a witch." They see it for what it is... It is a fantasy world and they understand that completely.
As quoted in "Success of Harry Potter bowls author over" at CNN.com (21 October 1999) http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9910/21/rowling.intvu/; also quoted in "Urban Legends Reference Pages : Harry Potter" at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/potter.asp
„Depression 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. The absence of hope.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Context: Depression 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. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It's a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.
As quoted in "J. K. Rowling : The Interview," by Ann Treneman in The Times (30 June 2000) http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0600-times-treneman.html
„Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Context: If you need to tell your readers something … there are only two characters that you can put it convincingly into their dialogue. One is Hermione, the other is Dumbledore. In both cases you accept, it's plausible that they have, well Dumbledore knows pretty much everything anyway, but that Hermione has read it somewhere. So, she's handy.
Interview by Lizo Mzimba (February 2003) <!-- published where? -->
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„The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry, and I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Context: I think most of us if you were asked to name a very evil regime would think of Nazi Germany. … I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the Wizarding world. So you have to the intent to impose a hierarchy, you have bigotry, and this notion of purity, which is a great fallacy, but it crops up all over the world. People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves on nothing else, they can pride themselves on perceived purity. … The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry, and I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.
J. K. Rowling, as quoted in Harry Potter's Bookshelf : The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures (2009) by John Granger <!-- also partly in Biography Today : Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers Vol. 17, Issue 1 (2008), p. 142 -->
„I think most of us if you were asked to name a very evil regime would think of Nazi Germany. … I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the Wizarding world.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Context: I think most of us if you were asked to name a very evil regime would think of Nazi Germany. … I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the Wizarding world. So you have to the intent to impose a hierarchy, you have bigotry, and this notion of purity, which is a great fallacy, but it crops up all over the world. People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves on nothing else, they can pride themselves on perceived purity. … The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry, and I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.
J. K. Rowling, as quoted in Harry Potter's Bookshelf : The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures (2009) by John Granger <!-- also partly in Biography Today : Profiles of People of Interest to Young Readers Vol. 17, Issue 1 (2008), p. 142 -->
„I bumped into a woman I hadn't seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? "You've lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!"
"Well," I said, slightly nonplussed, "the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby."
What I felt like saying was, "I've produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren't either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?" But no — my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
"For Girls Only, Probably..." at her website in "Section: Extra Stuff" http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=22.
„How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Remarks on Donald Trump, in a Tweet (8 December 2015) https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/674196610683940864; also quoted in "Harrison Ford has a few words for Donald Trump" by Adam Boult in The Telegraph (10 December 2015) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/donald-trump/12043321/Harrison-Ford-has-a-few-words-for-Donald-Trump.html
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„I don't believe in magic, either.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
As quoted in "Success of Harry Potter bowls author over" at CNN.com (21 October 1999)
„No story lives unless someone wants to listen.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 London Premiere (July 2011) <!-- published where? -->
„The stories we love best do live in us forever. So, whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 London Premiere (July 2011) <!-- published where? -->
„It would be one way to kill off the merchandising.“
— Kennilworthy Whisp
On the possibility of killing Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as quoted in 'Harry is a lot, lot, lot angrier in this book' in The Telegraph (20 June 2003)
