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Allgemein über HP 5-7 und noch nicht eingetreten:

• "What's very important for me is when Dumbledore says that you have to choose between what is right and what is easy. This is the setup for the next three books. All of them are going to have to choose, because what is easy is often not right." (9)
• Do we find out more about James Potters' family history in the next books?
  "Yes, you do..." (17)
• What did the Potter parents do for a living before Voldemort killed them?
  "I'm sorry to keep saying this, but I can't tell you because it's important to a later plot. But you will find out later!" (4)
• "[Harry's grandparents are] all dead and not particularly important to the story, although you will find out a little bit more." (25)
• Why did Dumbledore have a look of triumph in his eyes at the end of book four?
  "Good question... excellent question, in fact, and like all the best questions I get asked, I can't answer it! Because it would give too much away." (11)
• Is there something more to the cats appearing in the books than first meets the eye? (i.e. Mrs. Figg's cats, Crookshanks, Prof. McGonagall as a cat, etc.)
  "Ooooo, another good question. Let's see what I can tell you without giving anything away....erm....no, can't do it, sorry." (10)
• "Well, maybe I will use her [Ron's cousin] in another book,..." (10)
• "You will see Krum again, though not soon." (25)
• "Sirius loathed Snape (and the feeling was entirely mutual). You'll find out more about this in due course." (25)
• "Yes, you will hear from Mr. Weasley's car again,..." (3)
• Whatever happend to Sirius' flying motorbike?
  "You'll find out, but the real sleuths among you might be able to guess." (25)
• Will the two way mirror Sirius gave Harry ever show up again?
  "Ooooo good question. There's your answer." (25)
• "...however, there is a character who does manage in desperate circumstances to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare in the world I am writing about." (1)
• "As you know, the scar has certain powers, and it gives Harry warnings. I can't say more than that, but there is more to say." (18)
• Well because everyone always goes on about how Harry's got Lilly Potter's eyes?
  "Aren't you smart? There is something, maybe, coming about that. I'm going to say no more. Very clever." (8)
• Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?
  "Good question - yes, a few of them, but that information is sort of restricted - you'll find out why.." (17)
• Did Harry ever use magic on Dudley in the real world?
  "Not so far (hint)." (13)
• What did Dudley see when he faced the Dementors in book five?
  "Ah, good question. You'll find out!" (25)
• "[Harry] might get a different pet at some point but I'm saying no more at this moment." (16)
• "And if she ever did write an eighth book, then it wouldn't be another adventure, but a book for charity which would be the encyclopedia of the Harry Potter world." (21)

Buch 7: "Harry Potter und ...?"

• When is the seventh book going to finally come out because it took two years for this one to come out?
  "I am going to say now I think it will be at least another two year wait." (31)
• In plotting Harry's journey she has already completed a draft of the final chapter of the last book. "I constantly rewrite," she says. "At the moment, the last word is 'scar.'" (28)
• What makes some witches/wizards become ghosts after they die and some not?
  "You don't really find that out until Book VII, but I can say that the happiest people do not become ghosts. As you might guess, Moaning Myrtle!" (4)
• "This really wrap everything, it's the epilogue and I basically say what happens to everyone after they leave school, those who survive - because there are deaths, more deaths coming." (19)
• Gerücht: Harry will be asked to become Minister of Magic in book seven.
  JKR: "Seventeen is much too young to enter politics." (26)
• "... I will tell you that one of the characters, one of Harrys classmates, [...] does end up as teacher at Hogwarts, but that is not maybe the one you think. Hint, hint, hint. [...] No, it's not Ron" (23)
• "... wondered if Snape is gonna fall in love." [...]
  "Whoever asked that question, can I just say to you, I'm slightly stunned that you have said that. And you will find out, why I'm so stunned, when you read book seven." (23)
• "The important thing about Harry's mother, the really really significent thing, you gonna find out in two parts. You'll find out a lot more about her in book five [...] and you'll find out some incredible important about her in book seven." (23)
• "Why did the evil can not be named?" [...]
  "Well that's a really key question and I can't answer it because you'll find that out in the seventh book." (23)
• Are you going introduce any new characters in the final book?
  "There will be some characters who you don't know particularly well, and there may be a couple of new characters, but nobody really major. You know pretty much the cast list by now." (31)
• Are we going to see more of her [Umbridge]? [Jo nods.] You say that with an evil nod.
  "Yeah, it's too much fun to torture her not to have another little bit more before I finish." (30)
• How much of a role are the founders going to play in book seven?
  "Some, as you probably have guessed from the end of six." (30)
• Now that Dumbledore is gone, will we ever know the spell that he was trying to cast on Voldemort in the Ministry?
  [...]
  "It’s possible, it's possible that you will know that. You will — [pause] — you will know more about Dumbledore. I have to be sooo careful on this." (30)
• Who did Fawkes previously belong to and will he play a vital role in the next book?
  "I am not going to answer about the role in the next books, which probably gives you a big clue [...]" (31)

Zusatzinfos:

Allgemein

• Does Harry have a middle name?
  "Yep, James after his dad." (10)
  Is Voldemort some sort of relative of Harry's? Possibly his mother's brother?
  "I'm laughing...that would be a bit Star Wars, wouldn't it?" (10)
  Gerücht: Professor Dumbledore is Harry's real grandfather/close relative of some description.
  JKR: "If Dumbledore had been Harry's grandfather, why on earth would he have been sent to live with the Dursleys?" (26)
• "Middle names: [...] Hermione 'Jane' [...]" (25)
  Does Hermione have any brothers or sisters?
  "No, she doesn't." (26)
  What is the core of Hermione's wand?
  "Dragon heartstring, [...]" (26)
  "Hermione's [eyes] are brown." (30)
• "Crookshanks [...] is half Kneazle." (26)
• "Middle names: [...] Ron, poor boy, is Bilius." (25)
  "Ron's eyes are blue." (30)
  "Ron's Patronus is a small dog, like a Jack Russell" (30)
• "Ginny (full name Ginevra, not Virginia) [...]" (26)
  "Middle names: Ginny is Molly, of course, [...]" (25)
• "Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy, [...]" (26)
• "Before her marriage Mrs. Weasley was Molly Prewett." (26)
• Gerücht: Gideon and Fabian Prewett were Molly Weasley's brothers.
  "Yes, they were., [...]" (26)
• Is Draco an only child?
  "Yes." (25)
  "Draco would be very gifted in Occlumency" (30)
• Is Theodore Nott the "stringy" Slytherin mentioned in the Thestral class scene? [...]
  "Yes, he is." (26)
• "James was Chaser." (10)
  "That [Invisibility Cloak] was inherited from his own father -- a family heirloom!" (11) "James inherited plenty of money, so he didn't need a well-paid profession." (11)
• "Her [Lilys] maiden name was Evans, and she was in Gryffindor (naturally)." (10)
  Gerücht: Lily Potter was once a Death Eater.
  JKR: "How dare you?!" (26)
• "Petunia and Lily's parents, normal Muggle death. James's parents were elderly, were getting on a little when he was born, which explains the only child, very pampered, had-him-late-in-life-so-he's-an-extra-treasure, as often happens, I think. They were old in wizarding terms, and they died. They succumbed to a wizarding illness." (30)
• Has Voldermort any children
  "No." (25)
  Has Voldemort or Tom Riddle ever cared for or loved anyone?
  "[...] No, never." (26)
  If Voldemort ever encountered a boggart what would he see?
  "[...] we would have to see himself lying dead on the floor." (31)
  [...] what would he [Voldemort] see if he were in front of the mirror of Erised?
  "Himself, all-powerful and eternal. That's what he wants." (30)
• "Members of the Order use their Patronuses to communicate with each other." (26)
• "I see him more as a large, bear-like mongrel." (13)
• Is Remus a pureblood?
  "Half blood." (25)
  What does the "J" in Remus J Lupin stand for?
  "'John'. Boring but true!" (25)
  Gerücht: Professor Lupin has a twin.
  JKR: "No" (26)
• What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Remus Lupin in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!
  "This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!" (25)
• "Hagrid was in Gryffindor, naturally!" (13)
  In Chamber of Secrets, Hagrid is supposed to have raised werewolf cubs under his bed. Are these the same kind of werewolves as Professor Lupin?
  "No. Riddle was telling lies about Hagrid, just slandering him." (13)
  He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever since he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained his magic is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to be a bit inept. (7)
• "Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty." (10)
  What form does Dumbledore's Patronus take?
  "... It is a phoenix, which is very representative of Dumbledore for reasons that I am sure you can guess." (26)
• Who did Fawkes previously belong to [...]?
  "[...] he has never been owned by anyone but Dumbledore." (31)
• "Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy." (10)
• "Snape's 35 or 36." (17)
  Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?
  "Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even than Voldemort, who never has. Okay, one more each!" (30)
• "No, the head of Ravenclaw is good old Professor Flitwick!" (13)
• "Gilderoy, bless him, is still in Saint Mungo's hospital for magical ailments and injuries, ‘cos his memory's just gone." (8)
• "Susan Bones's grandparents were killed by Voldemort!" (13)
• "Arabella Figg does a roaring trade in cross-bred cats and Kneazles, [...]" (26)
• "[...] the Lestranges were not in on the secret [die Prophezeiung]." (26)
• Yeah, is he [Grindelwald] dead?
  "Yeah, he is." (30)
• I was wondering after all the rumours about Ravenclaw's ghost being not there are true? Or has she/he not appeared yet?
  "[...]She's The Grey Lady and she walked past Harry once." (5)
• Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?
  "Good question - yes, a few of them, but that information is sort of restricted - you'll find out why.." (17)
• Where do the Hogwarts teachers live during the school holidays? Do they stay at Hogwarts?
  "No, they don't. Filch, the caretaker, stays." (7)
• "There will be the odd kid whose parents don't want them to go to Hogwarts, but 600 out of the whole of Britain is tiny." (30)
• "Let's say three thousand [wizards in Britain]" (30)
• "As you will find out, there have been equal numbers of headmistresses." (14)
• "... - in here is the history of the Death Eaters and I don’t know that I’ll ever actually need it - but at some point - which were once called something different - they were called the Knights of Walpurgis." (24)
• Where is Azkaban?
  "In the north of the North Sea. A very cold sea." (4)
• Is Hogwarts possibly located in Scotland? I am an American and have never been to the United Kingdom, but from reading the first book and going by the train station Harry leaves from and how long the trip takes, I am guessing it may be Scotland? Thank you.
  "You are absolutely right. If you travel north from King's Cross, you do indeed arrive in Scotland." (3)
• If a muggle looks at hogwarts what will they see?
  "They will see nothing but a ruined castle with large signs on it saying 'keep out, dangerous building.'" (25)
• "Those goblins are sneaky people. They manage to put the Muggle money back into circulation." (11)
• "Gnomes eat the roots of your plants, and make little heaps of earth, like moles do. They are also a bit of a giveaway that wizards live in a house." (4)
• "He's a house-elf, they've got powers wizards haven't got (but wizards have also got powers that house-elves haven't)." (25)
• "Poor Winky... she'll never be entirely cured of her Butterbeer addiction, I'm afraid." (25)
• In the second book, if you see a basilisk and you are wearing glasses, will they protect you?
  "[...] the glasses couldn't protect you." (30)
• In case you've been wondering, the movie script will reveal the twelve uses for dragon's blood (Rowling claims that use #12 is "oven cleaner"). (22)
• Does the animal one turns into as an Animagi reflect your personality?
  "Very well deduced, Narri!" (11)
• "Something that you conjure out of thin air will not last." (7)
• "You can do unfocused and uncontrolled magic without a wand (for instance when Harry blows up Aunt Marge), but to do really good spells, yes, you need a wand.." (17)
• What is the approximate value of a galleon?
  "About five pounds, though the exchange rate varies!" (17)
• "In Hogwarts there's a magical quill which detects the birth of a magical child, and writes his or her name down in a large parchment book. Every year Professor McGonagall checks the book, and sends owls to the people who are turning 11." (4)
• "The Sorting Hat is certainly sincere." (25)
  Has the sorting hat ever been wrong?
  "No." (30)
  And that maybe when it [the sorting hat] talks on its own it comes from -
  "The founders themselves." (30)
• "Barty Crouch had been attacked before the potion was given to him and was still very groggy, otherwise he could have employed a range of measures against the Potion - [...], or employed Occlumency against its effects. In other ways [...] Veritaserum is not infallible." (26)
• Do the memories stored in a Pensieve reflect reality or the views of the person they belong to?
  "It’s reality." (30)
• How and when was the veil created?
  "The veil's been there as long as the Ministry of Magic has been there [...] It's not particularly important to know exactly when, but centuries, definitely." (30)
• Do wizards and witches have to go Muggle school before they go to Hogwarts?
  "No, they don't have to." (10)
• How are muggle parents convinced to let their kids go to Hogwarts, a strange place they never heard of before; and wouldn't they think it was a practical joke?
  "In the case of Muggle parents, special messengers are sent to explain everything to them. But don't forget that they will have noticed that there's something strange about their child for the previous ten years, so it won't come as a complete bolt from the blue." (25)
• "No, there's no University for Wizards." (4)
• "Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles." (10)
• "Magic cannot bring dead people back to life. [...] There will be no coming back for Harry's parents" (23)

Geburtstage

Die Informationen über die Geburtstage stammen entweder von Rowlings offizieller Homepage, wo sie manchen Charakteren am entsprechenden Tag in ihrem Kalender gratuliert, oder aus Chats mit ihr.

Quellen:

(1) Chat Transcript © Barnes&Noble.com, 19. Mai 1999
(2) Talking with... J.K. Rowling © Book Links, Juli 1999
(3) Chat Transcript © Barnes&Noble.com, 8. September 1999
(4) Transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview © Scholastic.com, 3. Februar 2000
(5) Chat Transcript © America Online, 4. Mai 2000
(6) The Return of Harry Potter! © Newsweek, 1. Juli 2000
(7) Exclusive Interview with J.K. Rowling © SouthWestNews.com, 8. Juli 2000
(8) Interview Transcript © BBC, Juli 2000
(9) 'Fire' Storm © Entertainment Weekly, 7. September 2000
(10) Transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview © Scholastic.com, 16. Oktober 2000
(11) Chat Transcript © America Online, 19. Oktober 2000
(12) J.K. Rowling interviewed on Larry King Live! © Larry King Live, 20. Oktober 2000
(13) Chat Transcript © Barnes&Noble.com, 20. Oktober 2000
(14) RadioCBC 'This Morning' Interview © CBC, 23. Oktober 2000
(15) Harry Pottermania in Vancouver, with J.K. Rowling © Fandom.com, 16. November 2000
(16) J.K. Rowling Interview (Comic Relief Books) © Raincoast Books, März 2001
(17) J.K. Rowling: BBC Online Chat © BBC Online, 12. März 2001
(18) J.K. Rowling answers a few kid questions © Houston Chronicle, 20. März 2001
(19) Potter's final chapter written © BBC News, 28. Dezember 2001
(20) BBC Interview © BBC-Newsround, 19. September 2002
(21) JK: There will NOT be an eighth Potter book © CBBC Newsround Online, 21. Oktober 2002
(22) A Setback for Harry Potter © infoplease.com
(23) J. K. Rowling and the Harry Potter Series © The Connection, 12. Oktober 1999
(24) BBC Interview © BBC, 19. Juni 2003
(25) J.K. Rowling's World Book Day Chat World Book Day, 4. März 2004
(26) J.K.Rowling Official Site
(27) Alfonso Cuaron: the man behind the magic CBBC, 28. Mai 2004
(28) The 24 Most Intriguing People of 1999 People Magazine, 31. Dezember 1999
(29) Arthur Levine in der Today Show Today Show, 8. März 2005
(30) Emerson und Melissas Interview mit J. K. Rowling 16. Juli 2005
(31) Harry Potter Children's Press Conference Weekend © MBBC, 16. Juli 2005

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