J.K Rowling interview Today show

[@FTS57]

Ever since I was little, I loved writing and at age fourteen I sat down and began to jot down notes and as I proceeded on, the notes grew into ideas. Before I knew it I had created my very own series at age seventeen. Now it is October 2, 2011, and I have my first book signing on the 15th. I owe everything to JK Rowling! Thank you for my childhood!

[@sxer99]

I actually did cry in the exact chapter she mentioned when Harry was down the forest like a final walk before death.

[@purpleshamrock17]

3:45 chapter 34 made me cry harder than ive ever cried while reading a book. It was so sad with all the emotion and Harry being surrounded by people he loved. I'm kind of dreading seeing that part in the movie, but im sure it'll be amazing

[@ThePantstelly93]

the bit at the beginning where she said "Inferi" the way she pronounced it was a way I hadn't heard before so I immediately went "that doesn't sound right!"... it took me a few seconds for that rational voice in my head to go "Hello! she wrote the bloody thing!" XD

[@xXxmissemmaxXx]

i thought the burning of the burrow was a key flaw in the film, dont you think? the hosue was surpose to be magically protected againt voldermort and the death ater and used as a safe ground in the last two books. and then they shoot a scene where deather eaters get in while half the order is there and burns it.

[@MandaOwl]

yeas, alot of the spells have their grounds in the latin language, and "avada kedavra" is meant to have connections with "abrakadabra". And "kadaver" is a self-dead animal.

[@HotLithium23]

The most frustrating for me was the end after Dumbledore's death.... It was so weird, Harry was standing there contemplating his future and his journey to find the Horcruxes and then Hermione starts talking about her relationship with Ron! What???!!!! Yates really didn't understand the book.

[@SeverusSnape10]

@Talziemistle There are a lot of encyclopedia about Harry Potter. But they aren't write by J.K. Rowling.

[@gfgkf12]

@ningahigan where can u read this

[@Goblin_Ghost39]

@yoroshiku Well since then she's written the short text book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", and Harry's book "Quidditch Through the Ages", and she's written "The Tales of Beadle the Bard." So, as far as novels go, I don't know, she probably is done. But she has written "nonfiction" about the wizarding world.

[@BrawlerTM]

J.R.R Tolkien and J.K. Rowling...my two favs no doubt...and so many others...but hard to find such great minds and creativness...

[@seehispugnosedface]

me too. i was welling up but reding the description of his tombstone put me over the edge. Dobby forever.

[@HotLithium23]

I agree with you that the burning of the Burrow was a complete testament to Yate's lack of knowledge of the HalfBlood Prince. The Burrow was the heart of the Order of the Phoenix and a safe haven. I am very curious (and very scared) to see how this all plays out in the Deathly Hallows movies. DAMN! He screwed up one of my favorite books in the series.

[@PineappleNicole]

DUDE Everyone is telling her to write another HP book, and of course I would just LOVE that, but I REALLY want her to start a whole new series too! I will be just as excited to pick up another book completely unrelated to HP as long as I know it is by her XD

[@Mrs1Directioner]

come on jo, you've had a four year break! i need that encyclopedia!

[@SlickGinoRomano]

To be honest, I would like to see a prequal to the Harry Potter series about Harry's parents. Even if its a novella or a short story.

[@EatMyPonytail]

Gahh, I love her!! I almost hate watching interviews about Harry Potter now because it kills me that they're over.

[@alep2209]

God i finished the Harry Potter books months ago but when i finished it, i was really sad. But I thought about re-reading the books because they were just so epic and mysterious and kept you on the edge, i just cant stay away, even though i do read other books i will always have Harry Potter on my mind

[@amnesty667]

I've read the series a couple times since she released book 7...It's amazing to see how she wove in all these references that would play huge roles in the later series.

[@purpleshamrock17]

@TrainerJillian you should watch her recent interview with Oprah (unless you don't like Oprah that is) but it seems like a really relaxed interview and Jo seems like she's having a good time (probably helped by the fact that they have the interview in her native Scotland)

[@moongirl13]

I miss it. I miss waiting for the books to come out, not knowing what was going to happen and making up theories. I miss reading the books for the first time and I miss this whole world I used to live in a few hours at a time. It's been four years, is another book too much to ask?

[@larak551]

The harry potter books are so amazing and inspirational, J.K. deserves all that she's earned from these books!

[@vixdragon0000]

i wanna know how she came up with all the names of the spells

[@zimonslot]

Why not? It's quite a literal visualisation of the story... nothing added or left out or anything....

[@studywithfrancesca]

what is hermione work? harry and ron are auror, what is her job?i didn't understand.:(

[@01alexx]

Haha I know! I was bawling my eyes out during that part ... I had actually had to stop and clear my eyes because everything was blurry!

[@Andyboylettuce]

I feel the exact same way its like you read my mind..and commented before me =P lol

[@xXxmissemmaxXx]

but she passed with the highest grade in all the other subjects. "charms" and "transfiguration" are practical subjects and transfiguration is surpose to be "the most complex brand of magic".

[@blancmerlot]

sorry I asked the question before the bit in the video where someone else asked it.... I wish she would write another book!

[@TheYellowLadybug1]

harry potter was the first chapter book i ever read and the very first book that my friend ever read, and our friendship grew on harry potter. when we first started middle school together that was the first realization we had that we weren't going to hogwarts. someday, i want us to be able to thank her in person for everything she and her books mean to us. Yay for JK!

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Snape has always been my favorite character in the series; I wonder how much of this was influenced by Alan Rickman's portrayal of him in the movies. I often wonder if I would have had such an affinity for Severus Snape if Alan Rickman hadn't mesmerized me with Snape's presence--his voice (oh...those pregnant pauses!), his stare, his flowing cloak as he turned to exit a room. I certainly cannot imagine anyone else embodying Snape with such...dismal grace. Snape was more good than bad. :)

[@mld566]

Would you say I'm too obsessed if I told you that I knew she was reading lines from where Harry is telling Dudley that there are more dementors and trying to persuade the Dursleys to leave (again) because it is too dangerous for them even in the Muggle world?

[@sonnevil]

Im looking for the september 12 vershion of harry potter deathly hollowes.ware malfo becomes rons best friend end of book,and jenny goes along with harry potter, ron,hermiony. this vershion is far more romantic,almost smuty and 150 pages longer.the store vershion was a disappointment to me as if missing chapter. I lost my copy do to a virus If you have a copy cleas help.

[@nicnici]

Well she was NOT done with Harry Potter, cause it appeared that she wrote Tales of Beedle the Bard. This interview was so brilliant. You got lots of background information. J.K. Rowling is such a genius! She created the most wonderful book saga in the history. She's an amazing writer who really knows how to do it. I believe in more wizardin books. Mybe more background information aout Hogwarts and Harry. that's what I hope...

[@xXxmissemmaxXx]

hmm i guess your right but it does unfortunally clash with what the brillant jk has said about hermione. if she didnt get an O. can we assume that harry was the only student who did? because if hermione couldnt get an O then who eles can?

[@xXxmissemmaxXx]

i think she did. because i no in one of the book harry and hermione have a debate on who is better at the subject. harry thought hermione was, and hermione thought harry was. so i htink thats why she give harry a higher grade. but by doing that she has underminded the fact she states hermione is the cleverest witch of her age ( in any era)

[@LunaticzLaw]

Wow. She is so charming. Authors like this have a certain magic to them...they can visit worlds that we don't know and share them in their writing. Imagination truly is one of the only ways to experience real magic. fascinating.

[@madlie3]

I know. Im SO glad she disnt do it. I would have been heartbroken!

[@HPfan42154]

She is SUCH an amazingly brilliant author! The profoundness of her writing is unbelievable!

[@SkeletonQueen3268]

I like how she puts Harry Potter up there with the big boys. Lord of the Rings and Star Wars! lol HP definetly deserves

[@Deathnote201]

@FloraJay well i was born in 99 but i am one of THE biggest harry potter fans i love it it changed me it changed my look on life the characters were my friends and were there for me and they still are and i love that Jo feels the same way and i would give anything to meet her alot of people would but yeah i think always inviting children is for publicity

[@HotLithium23]

She is simply superb. Once I finished reading Deathly Hallows, I just sat and stared off in space at how brilliant she is!!!!! OMG! *But she should totally slap the director of The Half Blood Prince* Talk about a movie that did the book absolutely no justice.

[@LordPlagus777]

Damn i had that sinking feeling when i noticed how i loved the series and remembering that it's over...

[@HotLithium23]

Go read the book and then say, "...nothing added or left out or anything"....lol Nothing added.....(the Burrow burning up and Harry just standing there watching it) Nothing left out....(All the essential memories--Why exactly Harry was the only one able to retrieve the memory from Slughorn--The charm Dumbledore placed on Harry to paralyze him before he is disarmed by Draco--What happened to the battle of Hogwarts? etc etc * Zimonslot, please go read the books... I am sure you will enjoy :-)

[@gondegoogoo]

Aw, that's so sad! :( The interview just signifies a sad thing..

[@blacklavoux]

my gosh, I don't think anything will ever top harry potter

[@itsCLICHE]

harry does not die. he does and doesn't. voldemort kills the fragment of himself that he put into harry after the event. harry is then put into his own thoughts after having been "purified". he is still well and aware after the incident, though.

[@OMG1wtf]

She totally rocks. I've read The Goblet Of Fire like five times.

[@cutekitty654]

i remember the first time i picked up the first harry potter book that was the start of my magic childhood

[@PrincessMe1993]

dont tell them!! not all of them have read the books! (although they really should!)

[@Fool-Of-A-Took]

I adore this woman. She definitely is my role model. I hope that one day I'll be as good at writing as her - though I guess that's a REALLY tough goal. :) I love you JK Rowling.

[@sumadre101]

this woman is by far one of the best writers in terms of conveying so much goddamn emotion with her word choice im totally in love with her :)

[@smile1609]

It is AWESOME to know that she too cries along with these books, UGH I JUST FRIKKIN LOVE AND ADMIRE HER SOOO MUCH!!!!

[@sxuatz]

an encyclopedia would be amazing!

[@EatMyPonytail]

That's true. I miss them, but I would never question her wisdom : P

[@Kerrislife]

I started reading DH determined that Harry didn't die so when i found out he was a horcrux i was so shocked because i thought then that he would have to die. But then i looked at how many pages that where left and i thought that it couldn't possibly end there because there was still a lot more to read

[@hippop56]

WOW! :] i cannot wait for the Harry Potter enclopedioa(i spelled that wrong! sorry) i loved the 7th book, but if i could change one thing (which i probably wouldnt! lol) i would have had Neville kill Bellatrix.. but how Mrs. Weasley protected Ginny was amazing :)

[@emoshoes11]

J.K. Rowling is so brilliant. She's such a down-to-earth person.

[@xXGerardistheWayXx]

It's true!!! I am (proudly) one of her obsessive fans that will not rest until they know the middle name of Harry's great great grandparents!

[@ChildofNemesis14]

@TrainerJillian i don't think it's a matter of being happy. i think its just because she's modest.....

[@HotLithium23]

Yeah, I think it is safe to say that David Yates slaughtered The HalfBlood Prince. Oh, and what about the fact that the movie only mentioned the HalfBlood Prince like twice? Damn, it makes me mad just thinking about how great this movie could have been, but isn't. It could have been epic if he included the memories and helped the viewers see the childhood and history of Tom Riddle, and he should have explained the horcruxes in more detail and their relation to Hogwarts. Oh, well.

[@Emily4leafclover609]

Jk Rowling is beautiful, and amazing i wish i was a fraction of the writer she is.

[@CassJayTuck]

@hardstyle905 You really need to chill. Watch the video, be done, and go on your way.

[@Officefreak22]

I couldn't agree more!

[@chibisama1409]

@jphobbit eh, snape? i cry everytime i read the chp abt him, the prince's tale. =/

[@Cocojora]

I'm so glad, that I've been in the Potter-Generation too... I love the books and the films and I'm sure in pur hearts the story will never end ;) "Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home"

[@BrionyMae]

she just broke the hearts of millions when she said 'im done with harry potter'

[@PacificViceroy]

@chubbest28 because his best friend Ron already tried and failed plus, as she and him were both champions it would not have been allowed

[@MeanMFA]

Sorry! Double-posting! Lol

[@squeekytoy123]

Wow she looks so different than when she first started out!

[@GazzaGlitta]

Yeah thats right, but I always thought that JK just put this in to make Harry look better at it. If Hermoine could outperform everyone else in every other subject realistically she would be at least as good as Harry at DADA. Harry wasn't even that good, the only good spell he could do was the patronus.

[@hughlo364]

ohmygod i think i cried my weight in book seven!!! oh god sooo sad!!

[@gegelessard]

4:45

[@hyperchild95]

we still have 3 movies :D

[@chubbest28]

A mans question: "Fleur Delacour...why didn't Harry hit that when he had the chance?"

[@xXxmissemmaxXx]

my question to jk, or to a fan who might no a secret reason. if hermione is surpose to be the cleverest witch of her age, and that of any girl her age in diffrent era's , why she got a E in d.a.d.a when she was clearly great at it. was it just to highlight the fact that harry was better then her in one subject?

[@truebloodfreak06]

SPOILER IF YOU HAVENT FINISHED THE BOOKS OR MOVIES she killed lupin and tonks instead of mr weasley.. they died in his place :( she had originally planned to keep them alive but since she hadnt killed him she decided to kill them instead

[@bubblyburberry24]

Stephanie Meyer created just another book, JK Rowling created another WORLD.

[@DevvourBookReviews]

lol it's funny how the kids are being fed questions LET THEM ASK ON THEIR OWN!

[@MeanMFA]

Well then, you obviously didn't understand what Jo was trying to do. She was trying to illustrate the utter pointlessness of war, and by killing off one of the most beloved characters in the series, she tried to make us all really HATE violence and the pain it causes. So yes, Fred's death DID have a purpose. You are just too short-sighted to see it. Honestly, do you really think that all the killing in real life "serves a purpose"?

[@darris321]

that book upset me. like 1st chapter and she killed hedwig :( such a brilliant book such a brilliant brilliant story. i'm lucky to have been in the harry potter generation

[@FloraJay]

I hate how it's always little kids they invite to these things. Some of those look like they would have been babies for the first few books, why not invite older fans too that have been there since the beginning.

[@Deano123ization]

'I've done the wizarding world.' But has she REALLY done the wizarding world? ... YES! She just said it!

[@alyssawynn8437]

LAIR THERES A NEW BOOK!!!!! LOL

[@theoneandonlymals]

i know

[@ningahigan]

Get James potter PDF it is a bunch of books about Harry,s son everything explained

[@blacklavoux]

she writes for children, she's amazing

[@zimonslot]

better that then 6 unimportant persons! Although.... you know who DID die... He's pretty important!

[@MeanMFA]

Well, then you obviously don't understand what Jo was trying to do. The whole point of the war, and killing off so many, was showing how utterly pointless and devastating war is. By killing one of the most loved characters in the book, she tried to make us all really HATE violence, and all the pain it causes. Think about that, before leaving inconsiderate comments.

[@yoroshiku137]

I'll be very sad if she's truly done with the wizarding world.

[@MeanMFA]

You missunderstand. By pointless, I meant the struggle for world-peace which is going in all over the world today. Of course they shouldn't have just lain down and died! And I repeat: Do you honsetly think all killing serves a purpose? Saying that we can dictate who lives and who dies just because of their family or background, that's just stupid. In reality, none of the deaths in HP are pointless; beacuse that's just how the world works! That's life.

[@Sakuri90]

@flowerpower664 Neville married Hannah Abbott.

[@truebloodfreak06]

@katiekannibal23 ah i hated her choice lol..i even said before i found out, anyone but lupin and the twins .. but 75% of my request was denied

[@pachangarick]

I love that book

[@iheartwicked91]

i kinda want to hunt down and buy the UK versions of the series, it may be hard tho cuz im in NY..... hmmmm

[@stsars13]

Hope she might to a " Next Generation" thing with their kids...

[@riptonks]

HAHAHA I beat you I've read them all 25+ times

[@TiANr0ckst4r]

@bubblyburberry24 couldn't agree more!!

[@HotLithium23]

Clearly you have never read the books. ****************************************** Rowling is SUPERB and I know that the movies will never be able to completely mirror the books, but come on!!!! In my opinion, the director got the whole concept of The HalfBlood Prince wrong. It was supposed to embody the essence of where exactly Tom Riddle came from and how closley he was connected to Harry and Hogwarts, (with the memories and the Gaunts). Good movie on it's on, but man! he missed the mark!

[@sailorjupiter4]

I want to inhale and/or swallow this clip. And "favorite" it 100x over.