J.K. Rowling Tells Oprah Winfrey That Harry Potter Could Return
It appears that Harry Potter’s author, J. K. Rowlings has left the door open that her most beloved characters could reappear some day. In an interview with famous talk show host Oprah Winfrey to be aired on Friday, she said that one day she may decide to write another story or two for the famous series which has brought her fame and millions of dollars.Rowlings mentioned she still has the characters floating around in her mind and could undoubtedly be able to write some new books in the future. She told Oprah that “I’m not going to say I won’t.” For the present, she just feels that her writing has moved on into a new phase.
Rowling said that her mother’s death in 1990 from multiple sclerosis spurred her to write the “Harry Potter” books. “Yeah, The odd thing is—this is life, isn’t it—the books wouldn’t be what they are if she hadn’t died. I mean, her death is literally on every other page in the ‘Harry Potter’ books. At least half of Harry’s journey is to deal with death, what it does to the living, what it means to die, what survives death,” she explained. “If she hadn’t died, I don’t think it is too strong to say there wouldn’t be Harry Potter. The books are what they are because she died.”
There were more than four hundred million copies of her books sold worldwide. But fame has also brought her a lot of unpleasant things, the writer said, putting her through incredible pressures, like reporters and paparazzi sniffing through her trash.
Rowlings said that sometimes her life was just hanging by a thread and that the stress and pressure were almost overwhelming.
The two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has already been filmed, with part one slated for release in November.
Rowling said that the only other time she ever cried as much as she did when her mother died was when she finished writing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” “It was a bereavement. It was huge,” she said. “Initially I was elated, then I cried like I had never cried before. And only twice in my life have I cried like that, [the other] when my mother died.”
