Hon är dålig vid återvändande biblioteksböcker
Question: Did you use the library a lot as a child?
J.K. Rowling responds: Yes, I loved the library, though I was very bad at returning books on time. I once ran up a bill at university of over fifty pounds in overdue fines, which was a lot of money to a struggling student. (It didn't stop me doing it again though!)
Hon kämpar med att tala offentligt
JKR: I've never been good at speaking in public. In fact it's a borderline phobic.
"Harry Potter and Me" (BBC Christmas Special, British version), BBC, 28 December 2001
Hon är dålig på geografi
Maths is not my strong suit (though it's better than my geography, as those who have found the most recent Easter Eggs might already know).
Hon är inte bra att läsa offentligt
I do think that the people that have come tonight would rather ask questions than hear me doing a long reading. I would like to think so anyway because I’m not very comfortable doing it and I don’t think I’m particularly good at reading.
Hon anser sig vara mycket oorganiserad
JKR: No. No, I'm embarrassingly bad at most other things, I think. Very disorganized person. I was hell in offices. I was good at teaching English as a foreign language. I loved doing that. I think I was ok at that. I'm good at keeping tropical fish. Can't think of much else, actually, I really can't.
"J.K. Rowling Interview," CBCNewsWorld: Hot Type, July 13, 2000
Hon kämpar för att kritisera sitt eget arbete
Rowling: I can only speculate about this really, I'm very bad at being a critic of my own work. I'm far too close to it, I find it very difficult to say why I think things are so popular, and so on. I'm guessing it's because I write about things I find funny, as opposed to what I think eight year olds find funny. And I suppose other adults find it funny too, I'm clearly an adult.
"Rogers, Shelagh. "INTERVIEW: J.K. Rowling," Canadian Broadcasting Co., October 23, 2000
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JKR: I think (but I don't really know, because I'm not good at being objective about my own work) that as I wrote primarily for myself, that probably shows in the books. The sense of humour is mine, not what I think children find funny, for instance.
Hon var dålig att vara sekreterare
After school, Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. Her parents hoped that by studying languages, she would enjoy a great career as a bilingual secretary. But as Jo recalls, 'I am one of the most disorganised people in the world and, as I later proved, the worst secretary ever.' She claims that she never paid much attention in meetings because she was too busy scribbling down ideas. 'This is a problem when you are supposed to be taking the minutes of the meeting,' she says.
Dålig i sport, klumpig och rädd för höjder
Kings Park Primary School: Which position would you like to play if you played quidditch?
JK Rowling: Who wouldn't want to be Seeker? But I think I'd be dreadful at Quidditch, I'm not sporty, I'm not great with heights and I'm clumsy as well. Neville would be about my standard.
Kämpar med djurhantering
I can't say I consider myself a 'world leader' though. Maybe of worlds inside my head? In the real world I can barely lead my dog.
Hon kämpade för att jonglera att vara en mamma och en heltidsförfattare
How did you raise a baby and write a book?" and the answer is, I didn't do housework for four years! I'm not Superwoman, and living in squalor that was the answer.
"Harry Potter and Me" (BBC Christmas Special, British version), BBC, 28 December 2001
Hon påstår sig vara dålig i datorspel
Stephen Fry: Do you ever play the computer games?
JK Rowling: I don’t but my daughter plays it - she’s very good. I can’t work Playstations. I’m no good at these things.
Fry, Stephen, interviewer: J.K. Rowling at the Royal Albert Hall, 26 June 2003.
Men efterföljande utredning avslöjar att hon faktiskt är ganska bra på minsveparen
Hon kan inte skriva kort berättelser
But I didn't really need much persuasion as I have always supported Comic Relief, and I think they do fantastic work, so I wrote back and said yes but I'm not good at short stories particularly not short Harry stories I tend to ramble on, so how would it be if I wrote a couple of the titles that appear by title in the novels so that's how it all started.
Raincoast Books interview transcript, Raincoast Books (Canada), March 2001.