The Grossman interview was a fine example of putting words into the interviewee's mouth, But the; "I wanted to subvert the genre" was a direct quote from Rowling and I can believe she actually said it.
She may have been playing back what the interviewer all to obviously wanted to hear, of course. Grosman is a snot who all too clearly holds fantasy in bottomless contempt. And Rowling is bright enough to figure it out and parrot back what seems to be wanted. But she clearly thought that she was being impressive with the statement.
The quote about not considering herself a fantasy writer because she isn't a fantasy fan I think was from an earlier interview. Probably back during the 3-year summer. But I have no idea which one.
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Date: 2008-12-16 02:36 am (UTC)She may have been playing back what the interviewer all to obviously wanted to hear, of course. Grosman is a snot who all too clearly holds fantasy in bottomless contempt. And Rowling is bright enough to figure it out and parrot back what seems to be wanted. But she clearly thought that she was being impressive with the statement.
The quote about not considering herself a fantasy writer because she isn't a fantasy fan I think was from an earlier interview. Probably back during the 3-year summer. But I have no idea which one.