J.K. Rowling Admits The Best Thing She Ever Wrote Happened On An Airplane Sick Bag

When inspiration strikes, you must grasp it, lest it vanish forever. Author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of books took the world by storm, spawning an insanely successful film series, a play, video games, toys, theme park sections, and countless other products and ideas. Harry Potter is a brand unto itself and has become a literary and pop culture touchstone for an entire generation. J.K. Rowling's work now finds itself among distinguished company and has the pop culture resonance, influence and everlasting qualities also found in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, George Lucas and Stan Lee. It perhaps would not be so had the author not seized on inspiration using any means necessary. As she tells it, the best thing she ever wrote wasn't exactly put on the finest of stationary. She recently revealed: