J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore 'was the ... hardest to leave'
J.K. Rowling recently appeared in a video which aired on 鈥溾�� to celebrate the 15th anniversary of her 鈥�Harry Potter鈥� series. During the clip Rowling reveals that the character she misses the most from her years of writing the "Potter" books is wise wizard Albus Dumbledore. If he could meet any real person, says Rowling, it should be his author.
鈥淚'm afraid I'm going to be very selfish, and if anyone gets a shot, it's me,鈥� says Rowling. "It's a difficult question and I have mulled it over at length, and I've considered world leaders who may benefit from some of his calm wisdom, but finally decided there's really only one person who should meet Dumbledore and I think that's me.鈥�
She also says that she feels that the character鈥檚 lines came from 鈥渢he back of her head.鈥�
鈥淪ometimes he said things and told Harry things that I only knew I knew or believed until 鈥� I saw that I had written them down in the voice of Dumbledore," says Rowling. "He was the character who was hardest to leave for me. He was the person who I'd have come back physically and sit and talk to me. It would be Dumbledore.鈥�
The interview was filmed for Scholastic, the 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� publisher, and debuted on 鈥淕ood Morning America.鈥� (As noted by the website , it may have been taped originally for a live chat the author did last year but did not appear to have been used during the chat.)
To further celebrate the anniversary of the series, the 鈥淧otter鈥� novels recently got a makeover. New paperback copies with covers created by writer and artist Kazu Kibuishi hit bookstores yesterday and are available individually and as a box set.
