JKR Live Chat 12-March-2001 - Transcript (incomplete)

[NicMitUK at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14164

Hi all

Jo has just been chatting on the Comic Relief website.  I missed most of the 
chat, but here is what I did get.  Full transcript should be available from 
the BBC later.

Nick
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JK - Writers love each other with a deep and enduring bond that sails above 
petty rivalries, Roland
JK - in other words
JK-  nobody's been nasty to my face!
Q Did you get good marks in your English GCSE's?
JK - I am pleased to tell you that I got As in my English GCSEs (well, 
O-levels as they then were)
JK - however, I got C for Physics and I was really proud of that
JK - because I didn't understand Physics at all and still don't.
Q - Shelia McCleary - Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?
JK - good questioin, yes, a few of them
JK - but that information is sort of restricted - you'll find out why...
Q -Glynnis L - Will harry ever notice the long-suffering Ginny Weasley?
JK -You'll see... poor Ginney, eh?
Q - What's your most hated book of all time?
JK - that i've ever read? it's probably a Jeffery Archer
I made myself read one to find out whether it was bad as I thought and it was
Q - Does hermione like ron as more than a friend?
JK - the answer to that is in Goblet Of Fire
Q - Do we find out more about james potter's family history in the next books?
JK - yes you do.
Q - Where did you get your idea for the house elves
JK - house-elves exist in fokelore
I didn't invent the tradition that if you present them with clothes they will 
leave
I thought it would be funny if they thought clothes were a disgrace
except of course for dobby
Q - How much background information did you have before you started to write 
the first book?
JK - not too much, none, now I come to think of it.  I made up my won 
background information for 5 years at the same time as writing the first book.
Q - If you were Harry and had an invisiblity cloak what would use it for?
JK - I'd sneak into a few paces, I can think of loads, 10 downing street 
would be a good start.
Q - What happened to Neville's toad
JK - Trevor? He's sill lurking.
Q - Don't you think SF has the best voice for your books?
JK - Yes I definitely do, he's perfect, the moment they said he might be 
available I said 'GET HIM'.
Q - What or who would you send to Room 101
JK - cats - I don't like them... and certain journalists..
Q - What gave you the idea of having the Owl post system
JK - Pigeon post
Q - what would you say to those people who think that Harry Potter is too 
scary for children?
JK - well I think it's foolish to try and 'protect' children from Harry.  I 
can't think of any sure way to make them desperate to read the books.  As 
I've already said, I think of them as very moral.
Q - What will you be doing on Comic Relief Day... will we see you on the show?
JK - I'll be watching the television, of course!  I always watch COmic Relief
and I'll be wearing my Red Nose while reading Fantastic B & Quidditch.
and sporting my 'Pants for Poverty T-Shirts'.
because we want to make LOADS and LOADS of money and incidentally I'm very 
annoyed I'm missing Celebrity Big Brother tonight.
Because I'll be flying back to Edinburgh
Could someone tape it for me?
Q - If you could pick your own wand core, what would it be?
JK - phoenix feather and possibly walnut... I love walnut wood.

Full transcript will appear shortly at www.bbc.co.uk/rednoseday



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