J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement

[rebelinfant]

"Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had i really succeeded in anything else, I might never had found the determination to succeed in the one arena where i believed I truly belonged."

[sexipants]

Extremely wise, and heartfelt words. These sorts of speeches, along with the Hillary Clinton gay rights speech and the Charlie Chaplin 'The Great Dictator' speech should be played in schools, universities, colleges and workplaces all around the world!

[AYG5526]

she is the best

[ghostwriter738]

God,this woman :)

[qwertyqwertyqwertyq4]

I wish it was possible to tell her how much she's changed my life... but words wouldn't be able to describe it to her.

Thankyou J.K.

[jmata31]

So amazing. I respect and admire this woman, have read all her books. She is an inspiration to me.

[Pirate44444]

@MrKaniyaw not a very good joke then

[Pirate44444]

@MrKaniyaw if you haven't read her books then what on earth makes you think you know what you're talking about??

[DesperatelySeekingAz]

@MrKaniyaw If you haven't read her work, and do not yourself have the imagination to conceive what adults may gain from children's fiction, upon what grounds do you consider yourself qualified to judge her imagination?

[lovepanera]

@MrKaniyaw wait are you serious? have you read harry potter? if that is not imagination, what in the world is

[thewkproductionz]

Wow. Amazing women, British we are.

[UrnestHemingouey]

She is wise.

[newera2011100]

gotta do this as a memorized speech for my final, in effective speech class, hopefully im prepared by tuesday

[corvette274]

"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default."

[phoebeshunkerbell]

<3

[lakermangmx]

atta girl

[MaskofTheMoon]

JK Rowling = Beautiful, witty, simply flawfree human being.

[TheReneamac]

"Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared."

[originalconfidence1]

Remarkable inspiration u r an angel from

Heaven jo

[Hugo411]

Great words. On another note, has Harvard ever had a Fiction author give a

commencement speech who was worth Less than 1 billion?

[pwicko]

@Hugo411 err name any author who is/was worth a billion

[Hugo411]

@pwicko

err Umm ......JK Rowling.  Get it?

[alexjayshow]

Even watching this I feel inspirited and appeased by the choices I made and will make.

[mai0chi]

So inspiring :)

[mywonderjam]

How beautiful a lesson is that?