I'm very frustrated by fear of imagination. I don't think that's healthy.

Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glittered there.

I'm not going to be murdered," Harry said out loud. "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.

By Gryffindor, the bravest were Prized far beyond the rest; For Ravenclaw, the cleverest Would always be the best; For Hufflepuff, hard workers were Most worthy of admission; And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

I think the willfully unimaginative see more monsters. They are often more afraid.

Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days.