Rowling tells all

[patrick.jarrett]

No: HPFGUIDX 173089

eggplant wrote:
Well until it is in the encyclopedia, it's still fluffy speculation to
me. Definitely fits with the feel of the epilogue itself, full of hot
air and nothingness.
 
Lisa:
Are you serious?  Words directly from the author's mouth are "fluffy 
speculation?"  Whose fluffy speculation?  The AUTHOR's fluffy 
speculation?  Wouldn't she KNOW, whether she's published those words or 
not?

Patrick:
Just to be fair, JKR has changed her mind before between what she's
said and what she's written. I'm not saying this isn't to be believed
and is likely to change, I'm just saying that until we have it in a
printed or semi-permanent medium it is difficult to take it to the
same level as canon.

-- Patrick