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07-24-2007, 05:52 PM
| | |  Ending Harry Potter was "painful" for J.K.Rowling
In a preview to J.K.Rowling's three-part interview with the Today and Dateline show, the author has spoken about how it was both "incredible" and "painful" finishing the Harry Potter series. Quote:
“When you started, you were not in the same place you are now by any means,” Vieira observed.
“No,” Rowling admitted. “And, in fact, when I started actually I was in a bad place. And then, you know, life has its ups and downs. So I mean, Harry’s been with me as a result. I think it was that feeling more than any other that I wouldn’t have that world to retreat into again that was painful.”
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“It was this amazing cathartic moment,” she told Vieira. “The end of 17 years of work. And that was just hard to deal with for about a week. And it’s very much tied into things I’ve done in my life for seven years that brought back a lot of memories of what had been going on in my life when I started writing.”
She knows what she has done. “I feel a big sense of achievement,” she told Vieira. “I mean, I am sad. But I’ve been sadder.”
The full interview will be aired on:
July 26th - The Today Show interview with J.K.Rowling NBC Part I
July 27th - The Today Show interview with J.K.Rowling NBC Part II
July 29th - Dateline interview with J.K.Rowling NBC Part III  | |
07-24-2007, 06:01 PM
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It was painful and incredible to read. Painful to know that it was the last one and incredible because it was just incredible.
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07-24-2007, 06:38 PM
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wow, 17 years. maybe she'll make a little follow-up book to tell what happened to the wizarding world and other characters (no plot though, just info  )
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07-24-2007, 08:11 PM
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07-24-2007, 08:21 PM
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I'll have to see that
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07-24-2007, 09:06 PM
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I know how she feels, as I'm very sad about it too, but I'm just going to have to re read the books over again!
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07-24-2007, 09:07 PM
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I can understand. Harry has been with her through everything. This has been a big tale of hers. Seventeen years. Can you imagine that? Working on something for SEVENTEEN years and then... ending it all. | |
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07-24-2007, 09:52 PM
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I'm going to see if I can catch that segment.
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07-24-2007, 11:05 PM
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| | Gnome
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Yes, it was painful to end the series... I felt bad for her... I hope she will continue to write very well...
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07-24-2007, 11:13 PM
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I know how reluctantly us fans let go of the series {although, naturally, it will never REALLY leave us!}, so I cannot even imagine how hard it was for JKR to finally end it.
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07-24-2007, 11:32 PM
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I can understand, ending a world that she created all by herself...
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07-25-2007, 12:08 AM
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It really was an amazing ride.. and it was just too painful to see it end.!!
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07-25-2007, 02:38 AM
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That's an awful long time!
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07-25-2007, 07:31 AM
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I saw a tiny clippet of the interview, all I saw and heard was what's in the first quote 
But yeah, it would be hard after 17 years... 17 LONG years... man, that's nearly 2 decades (obviously), but still... wow...
Incredible yet painful... definitely the perfect way to describe it!
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07-25-2007, 10:02 AM
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It was painful for us too... I cried. I cried like a baby.
I mean Ive grown up with Harry Potter! And being in the same age group as the characters in the book and movies, I think theres another attachment there.
17 years ...
but remember, dont be sad that its over, be happy that it happened
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Its her own secret world, that she gave to the rest of the world to enjoy and now its over.
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07-25-2007, 01:36 PM
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I can totally feel her pain - but she has done a brill job of it
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07-25-2007, 03:26 PM
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Wow. 17 years... I feel so sad and it's only been about 6 for me. I can't even imagine how she feels...
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
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We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
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Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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07-25-2007, 05:43 PM
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I finished this morning and cried for a good 15 minutes, first because the ending was so happy, and next because the ending was here.
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07-25-2007, 08:57 PM
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I can't believe it's been 17 years since she started it and now it's over.. It's incredible. | |
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07-26-2007, 01:21 AM
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I do hope she's getting better. We don't want HER to suffer.
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07-30-2007, 08:20 AM
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yes, it bound to be painful, coz its the ending..... | |
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08-02-2007, 01:32 AM
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I guess she had a lot of feelings in the moment
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