What Jo says about...
Patronuses & Animagi

Please note: unless you see quotemarks, these are summaries, and not JKR's words themselves. Please see the linked article for the actual text.

• Harry will not train to be an animagus; his "energies are going to be concentrated elsewhere and he's not going to have time to do that." [Read the exact quote from National Press Club, 1999]
• Harry will never become an animagus. [Read the exact quote from Newsweek, 1999]
• The animal one turns into as an animagus reflects your personality. [Read the exact quote from the AOL chat, 2000]
• JKR’s animagus form would be an Otter – which will become relevant in a later interview! [Read the exact quote from the Scholastic chat #2, 2000]
• JKR gave Hermione her idea [ideal?] animagus [for her patronus, we think she means]. [Read the exact quote from World Book Day, 2004]
• Telling us Professor Snape's patronus and boggart would give too much away. [Read the exact quote from World Book Day, 2004]
• Dumbledore's patronus is a phoenix. [Read the exact quote from Edinburgh Book Festival, 2004]
• Crookshanks is not an animagus, but he is not pure cat either. The answer to what he is lies in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• The Order communicates by Patronus; Dumbledore taught them how to do this. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• The plural of Patronus is Patronuses (not Patroni). [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Ron's Patronus is a Jack Russell terrier. [Read the entire quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• You do not know what animagus form you will take until you have transformed. [Read the whole quote from ITV, 2005]
• A Patronus is a kind of spirit guardian. [Read the exact quote from ITV, 2005]
• Draco Malfoy does not know how to produce a Patronus yet. [8 May 2007] [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]