JK Rowling on Success

[Paul Whybrow]

This article is in today's Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/28/conversation-lauren-laverne-jk-rowling-interview

An extract, on being published for the first time:

My agent rang me and… he was so low key about it! One publisher had kept it for six months, which obviously gave me a lot of hope, and then they said no. I was devastated. Then [my agent] phoned me up and said, “Well, Bloomsbury want it” – very casual! Not realising he’s giving me the gift of my life. And there was this long pause, and I just said: “So… you’re saying I am going to be published?” I was beside myself.

 

[Carol Rose]

What a fun interview to read! Thanks for posting this.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Best day of her life probably

 

[Marc Joan]

Nice interview, thanks for posting...

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Thanks for posting, Paul!

 

[David Steele]

Well deserved, though. I was reading book one again yesterday and thinking, "People turned this down?"

 

[Jason Byrne]

Best day of her life probably

I'll bet the ones where she made millions and millions of dollars weren't to shabby, either!

 

[Alistair Roberts]

lol

 

[Quillwitch]

Well deserved, though. I was reading book one again yesterday and thinking, "People turned this down?"

Hey, people turned down The Beatles.

 

[Quillwitch]

I'll bet the ones where she made millions and millions of dollars weren't to shabby, either!

Probably the first millions were loads of fun. After that, you probably stop counting.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Probably the first millions were loads of fun. After that, you probably stop counting.

Problem you want to have, right there.