The morality question

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" wrote an 
extremely excellent post about morality in children's literature.  
Thanks, Barb.  Just one question.  You say:

> since we know that JKR likes Dahl, and 
> since it's not difficult to see her homage to Dahl in things like 
> her descriptions of the Dursleys (think Aunt Spiker and Aunt 
> Sponge.

I totally agree -- the first time I read SS, the Dursleys made me 
think of Matilda's parents.  But, do we actually know that JKR likes 
Dahl?  I mean, has she said so in an interview, or is this just what 
we've surmissed from her (pretty obvious) references/tributes to Dahl?

--Joywitch, too lazy to search Mike Gray's site of JKR interviews