As writers, we should remind ourselves, and each other, that Jane Austen and JK Rowling got rejected by publishers, too. - Joanne Van Leerdam
How to read "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"? Why, very quickly, to begin with, and perhaps also to make an end. Why read it? Presumably, if you cannot be persuaded to read anything better, Rowling will have to do. - Harold Bloom
Don't try to be the next J.K. Rowling. Just try to be the first you. - Christina Daley