My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

More Quotes by Joanne Harris

For me, the magic of Hawaii comes from the stillness, the sea, the stars.

A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.