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JK Rowling: A Collection of Quotes
JK
Rowling: A collection of quotes about the writing process from various
interviews with the author
by Merlin-Publishing.com.
"I finished Philosopher's Stone, I literally started
Chamber of Secrets that afternoon." - BBC Interview, June 19, 2003
"'Chamber of Secrets' was called something different until I had almost
finished, too....Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I quite liked
that title, unfortunately the story bore no relation whatsoever to the
title by the time I'd finished." - AOL Live Chat, 2000; CBBC Newsround
Interview, October 23, 2002
"Yeah, Voldemort. In the second book, Chamber of Secrets, in fact he's
exactly what I've said before. He takes what he perceives to be a defect
in himself, in other words the non-purity of his blood, and he projects
it onto others. It's like Hitler and the Aryan ideal, to which he did
not conform at all, himself. And so Voldemort is doing this also. He
takes his own inferiority, and turns it back on other people and
attempts to exterminate in them what he hates in himself." - CBC
Interview, July 2000
"I've only suffered writer's block badly
once, and that was during the writing of Chamber of Secrets. I had my
first burst of publicity about the first book and it paralysed me. I was
scared the second book wouldn't measure up, but I got through it!" -
Scholastic Chat, October 16, 2000
"Chamber of Secrets, I really did have writer's block. Briefly, I think.
It wasn't a very serious case, it was only about five weeks. And
compared to some people, what's five weeks?" - BBC Interview, June 19,
2003
"It's a more dramatic ending. Philosopher's Stone has a more linear plot
leading to one peak. Chamber of Secrets has several false summits before
Harry finally works out what he's meant to do." - The Herald Interview,
January 26, 1999
"I always knew the chamber was there. I don't
know what first gave me the idea; I just liked the thought that Slytherin
had left something of himself behind." - Scholastic Chat, October 16, 2000
Question: In 'Chamber of Secrets', what would have happened if Ginny had
died and Tom Riddle had escaped the diary? Answer: "I can't answer that
fully until all seven books are finished, but it would have strengthened the
present-day Voldemort considerably."
"Key things happen in book two. No one
knows how important those things are... yet. There's a lot in there. And
I know how difficult it was to get it all in there without drawing too
much attention to the clues." - IGN Interview, November 2002
"Certain crucial pieces of information in
book six were originally planned for 'Chamber of Secrets', but very
early on (first draft of Chamber) I realised that this information's
proper home was book six. I have said before now that 'Chamber' holds
some very important clues to the ultimate end of the series. Not as many
as six, obviously, but there is a
link."
'The Half-Blood Prince' might be described as a strand of the overall
plot. That strand could be used in a whole variety of ways and back in
1997 I considered weaving it into the story of 'Chamber'. It really
didn't fit there, though; it was not part of the story of the basilisk
and Riddle's diary, and before long I accepted that it would be better
to do it justice in book six. I clung to the title for a while, even
though all trace of the 'Prince' storyline had disappeared, because I
liked it so much (yes, I really like this title!). I re-christened book
two 'Chamber of Secrets' when I started the second draft.
The link I mentioned between books two and six does not, in fact, relate
to the 'Half-Blood Prince' (because there is no trace left of the HBP
storyline in 'Chamber'.) Rather, it relates to a discovery Harry made in
'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'. -
JKRowling.com
Now, as I stand back from the second book, since it's a year later and
I've just finished the third, I think number two is maybe better, in
fact, than the first one. - Book Links Interview, July 1999.
"I am an extraordinarily
lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. I'm sure that
I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published.
The greatest
reward is the enthusiasm of the readers.
Biographical Information:
JK Rowling
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