#mo

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 to that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#capacity #empathize #enables #envision #experiences

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#enlarge #give #good #good writing #i

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#backgrounds #been #both #came #college

I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#far #give #given #i #i think

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#different #discussed #diverse #escape #homogeneous

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco... I think my country helped me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#country #feel #helped #i #i feel

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#going #i #lone #meet #most

Death obsesses me, yes it does. I can't really understand why it doesn't obsess everyone - I think it does really, I'm just a little more out about it. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#death #does #everyone #i #i think

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#back #else #gave #harry #harry potter

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#good work #i #i love #love #more