According to a recent Salon.com article, J.K. Rowling told a U.S. District Court judge that the Harry Potter books “saved [her] sanity” (Rowling: Potter Reference Book Is Theft).
From the article:
In sometimes emotional testimony, Rowling recalled starting work on the first book in 1991 when she was 25 and so destitute that she sometimes had to choose between buying typewriter ribbon and food. She said the Harry Potter characters helped her escape from the hard work of raising a child on welfare.
“It was a place into which I liked to vanish, and it was a discipline that was very important in …read more