The Wrong People - A Quotation Collection

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 15534

FYI - go to the Archives YahooGroup and read Messages 2933, 2967 for 
a bit of pre-GoF commentary on who "the wrong people" might be,,,

I found quotes where JKR is discussing this particular issue. Food 
for thought - take it as you will. I know how *I* take it...

CBS Morning News, July 9, 2000
Ms. ROWLING: Part of the reason it's so much fun to write is they're 
all discovering their hormones, which is always fun to write about. 
And they're mainly in love with the wrong people, just to make it 
like life.

San Fran Chronicle, July 2, 2000
Rowling has acknowledged that hormones will kick in, apparently for 
Harry and his best friends Ron and Hermione, and that "people will 
fall in love with the wrong people" 

Chicago Tribune June 27, 2000
 Cupid's strike promises plenty of comedy because "they're all in 
love with the wrong people." 

Capital Times, June 23, 2000
Writes Book magazine: ''J.K. Rowling wants it to be true to life, so 
they all fall in love with the wrong people. Harry will not date 
either Hermione or Ginny though.'' 

Columbus Dispatch October 28, 1999
Q: Will Harry find romance in book four? 
A: He tries, but he doesn't get very far.  They're all kind of after 
the wrong people, as in life. Hermione gets the first date, and it's 
quite a cool one because I thought I owed her a bit of fun. 

Chicago Tribune September 21, 1999
"Harry and his friends are entering adolescence proper," Rowling 
said. "They're all in love with the wrong people."