JKR interviews - Harry will be at Hogwarts in book 7

[lily_paige_delaney]

No: HPFGUIDX 139915

After reading some early interviews I'm more confident about Harry 
being at Hogwarts at some stage and in some capacity in book 7.  
Some intersting quotes from JKR to support this:

In Book 7, he will become a full wizard, and free to use his magic 
outside school. 
(Barnes and Noble interview, March 19, 1999)

As I imagine it, there will be seven years at wizard's school, then 
Harry is a fully qualified wizard and it is then that he's allowed 
to use magic outside school. So, you'll see him into his final year 
at Hogwarts.
(O'Malley, Judy. "Talking With . . . J.K. Rowling," Book Links, July 
1999)
 
I have another question on that. How many more books are there? I 
had this discussion with my step daughter yesterday. Will there be 7 
books for the 7 years of school?
JKR: Exactly, there will be 7 books. 

Oh, there is 7. All right!!
JKR: Yeah, one for each of his years at Hogwarts, yeah
(J.K. Rowling interview transcript, The Connection (WBUR Radio), 12 
October, 1999)

Is it true you're doing 7 books, one for each year that Harry will 
be at Hogwarts? 

A. Yes, it is true.
(chat transcript, Scholastic.com, 3 February 2000) 

Did you always plan to write Harry's story in more than one book? If 
so, how many?
I always conceived it as a 7-book series because I decided that it 
would take seven years from the ages of 11-17 inclusive, to train as 
a wizard, and each of the books would deal with a year of Harry's 
life at Hogwarts.
 (eToys interview transcript, etoys.com, Fall 2000)

Yahooligan_joel asks: is there going to be a harry potter when he is 
in his 5,6,7 years at hogwarts? 
jkrowling_bn: Yes, those years will be covered by the final three 
books 
(Barnes and Noble & Yahoo! chat with J.K. Rowling, 
barnesandnoble.com, 20 October, 2000)

Harryp: When did you decide there would be 7? Right from the start? 

Yes, I always planned seven books, one for each of Harry's years at 
Hogwarts. 
(Comic Relief live chat transcript, March 2001)

LPD