Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word: a journey.

I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.