He Had Been So Busy Getting Away

I Don't Feel Quite Normal If I Haven't Written For A While. I Doubt I Will Ever Again Write Anything As Popular As The "harry" Books, But I Can Live With That Thought Quite Easily. By The Time I Stop Writing About Harry, I Will Have Lived With Him For 13 Years, And I Know It's Going To Feel Like A Bereavement. So I'll Probably Take Some Time Off To Grieve, And Then On With The Next Book!

A Gigantic Tortoise With A Jewel-encrusted Shell Was Glittering Near The Window.

Probably That You're Going To Be Eaten By A Giant Marshmallow Or Something.

It’s So Difficult To Describe [depression] To Someone Who’s Never Been There, Because It’s Not Sadness. I Know Sadness. Sadness Is To Cry And To Feel. But It’s That Cold Absence Of Feeling — That Really Hollowed-out Feeling.

There Is A Lot Of Comedy In Magic, And Magic Going Wrong, And Also It Is A Dramatic Subject.