“It has been the worst break-up of my life – far worse than splitting up with any man,” Rowling said. “But it has also been wonderful to stop and draw breath and think, ‘My God, look what’s happened with an idea I had 17 years ago on a train’.”
Rowling grieves for lost wizard | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Books
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I can only imagine. I used to do a lot of acting, and I felt like that when I had to say goodbye to a character (though I say that at the risk of sounding really flaky). Saying goodbye to a character you created who has been with you almost 20 years . . . that must be very hard.
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