Imagination is ... the foundation of all invention and innovation.

Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it.

Ginny came in to visit while you were unconscious", he said, after a long pause, and Harry's imagination zoomed into overdrive, rapidly constructing a scene in which Ginny, weeking over his lifeless form, confessed her feelings of deep attraction to him while Ron gave them his blessing.

He was slumped in the back, gazing out of the window, as though his parents were two people who had picked him up hitchhiking, connected to him merely by chance and proximity.

Because that's what Hermione does,' said Ron, shrugging. 'When in doubt, go to the library.

I think it's difficult to be honest about certain aspects of my work without acknowledging that I have experienced or felt or questioned certain of the themes in the books.

Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.