Andrew: Okay, well, it's time now for our interview with the one and only, the fantastic, the charming, the bubbly - as Laura and Elysa described her after the hiển thị - interview, Stephenie Meyer. And now, for those of bạn who have read Breaking Dawn hoặc are planning on đọc it, we do get into the plot of the book, but I inserted a little spoiler warning before Breaking Dawn content so you'll know when to stop it so nothing gets spoiled for you. So, we'll take it away to our interview with Stephenie Meyer. Joining us now is Stephenie Meyer, the tác giả of the highly successful Twilight saga, which was just completed Friday when Breaking Dawn was released. Hello, Stephenie!
Stephenie: Hi, Andrew!
Andrew: How are bạn today?
Stephenie: I'm pretty good. I'm starting to get a little nervous [unintelligible] the hiển thị tonight. That always happens.
Andrew: Yeah, you're in the middle of this tour right now. What is this, your một giây hoặc third?
Stephenie: This is my fourth tour.
Andrew: Oh, okay.
Stephenie: So both books, and then one tour for The Host, and then, bạn know, various international tours. [laughs]
Andrew: Right, right, and bạn are in Chicago tonight, right?
Stephenie: Right.
Andrew: Awesome. So, we're going to ask bạn some các câu hỏi about the Twilight fandom and how it compares to the Potter fandom, since we are a Harry Potter fansite, and then we'll get into stuff about Breaking Dawn. Does that sound good?
Stephenie: That sounds cool.
Andrew: All right, cool.
Elysa: With the release of Breaking Dawn, the press is really all over this huge phenomenon that you've created with these books, and a lot of them are comparing bạn to J.K. Rowling because of the similarities in the fandoms. Why do bạn think so many Potter những người hâm mộ also enjoy Twilight and vice versa?
Stephenie: Yeah, I think everyone says that, actually, not most of them.
[Andrew and Stephenie laugh]
Stephenie: I get that all the time now, and I don't really know. I mean, when it comes down to it, there isn't that much that's similar...
Elysa: Mhm...
Stephenie: ...about the books, except for the những người hâm mộ of the sách are very similar. And of course all my những người hâm mộ are Harry Potter những người hâm mộ because everyone is a Harry Potter fan.
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: That just goes without saying, right?
Elysa: Right. I agree with you, yeah.
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: Yeah, so, I mean, I think the những người hâm mộ see, and they're fun reads, but they do appeal to people who like a little bit longer books, so there's that too, I guess.
Elysa: Right.
Matt: Okay. Stephenie, in your opinion, what is it about this whole genre that appeals to so many readers?
Stephenie: The vampire genre?
[Matt and Stephenie laugh]
Matt: Yeah.
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know, because I'm not - I don't read vampire books, so - and that - before, now I'll be able to. I - I've never really been into horror, so I'm not sure what the appeal is. I think it's because - bạn know, a lot of people like horror movies, people who aren't me, and I guess people liked to be scared, and vampires, of all the monsters that we can scare ourselves with, are definitely the sexiest. I mean, the rest are unattractive.
[Andrew laughs]
Matt: Oh. Yeah.
Andrew: Right.
Elysa: Clearly.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Andrew: Now, one major difference between the fandoms is that - between Harry Potter and Twilight is that J.K. Rowling has had ten years to develop her fandom, whereas yours has only had three years. So if your fandom only had - not only - if your fandom had ten years to develop, do bạn think it would grow into this huge thing?
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know. Everything has been so much thêm than I expected...
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: ...so it's hard to say. I kind of keep waiting for everything to crash and burn.
[Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: Something about my personality...
[Everyone laughs]
Andrew: It just seems like, bạn know - I would have to wonder what would happen if there was just thêm time. It would be fun to watch, and just seeing this whole fandom grow has been a lot of fun to watch for Twilight.
Stephenie: Yeah. It's been really fast. I mean - obviously, cool and fun for me...
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: ...so I don't know. I kind of like the idea of starting over with new characters though. It should be - I imagine J.K. Rowling deals with is the idea that people feel like the characters belong to them, and after a while they have their guess and idea of what they want to see happen. bạn don't really have to deal with that so much when you're starting over with fresh characters.
Andrew: Is that a hint of things to come?
Stephenie: Well, I - well, obviously, I've got to go and do Midnight Sun, so people don't come after me, right?
[Everyone laughs]
Stephenie: But I'm still - I'm still in the Twilight world for now, but then I've got a lot of other, bạn know, non-vampire: ghosts, time travel, mermaids. I got a ton of stuff...
Andrew: Wow.
Matt: Oh, wow.
Stephenie: ...to work on.
Elysa: Awesome.
Matt: Oh, cool.
Andrew: That's a spectrum there. Yeah. [Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: Yeah.
[Matt and Stephenie laugh]
Laura: So, considering that you've đã đưa ý kiến the two stories don't have a lot in common, what do bạn think Harry Potter những người hâm mộ would like about Twilight, especially people who haven't read the sách yet?
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know. It's not - to me it's so not comparable, but I do think that people who are readers - I was always a reader when I was growing up, and I just liked really big stories. I never wanted them to end. And my stories are long, so they're - they have that going for them, but then I think they're kind of fun, fast reads, bạn know, for as long as they are. My hàng đầu, đầu trang priority is always entertainment, and so I think that is similar to Harry Potter. Rowling just had such a whimsical, magical, escapism that's really cool, and I with Twilight I think it's a bit closer to trang chủ because it's set thêm in the world that we know, but I still think it has that escape that people might be looking for.
Laura: Right.
Andrew: Yeah. bạn know, and I've got to say, that's what I've always liked about your sách is - it is set in today's world, and in America, too. I mean, I've always appreciated your reference to Rotten Tomatoes. I think that was in...
[Laura and Matt laugh]
Andrew: Twilight hoặc New Moon. Just thought it was good.
Stephenie: [laughs] Well, bạn know, Rotten Tomatoes is a good tool.
Andrew: Yes, it is.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Matt: Okay, Stephenie, you've read the Harry Potter books, correct?
Stephenie: Yes.
Matt: Okay. What would bạn say is your yêu thích of the series?
Stephenie: Probably number three. I'm just a huge Sirius Black fan.
Matt: Ohh.
Elysa: Oh my God.
[Laura and Matt laugh]
Elysa: I'm there with you. Me too.
Stephenie: I had a really hard time when he died. It was not easy for me.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Laura: Aww. Well, I think we all felt the same way. [laughs]
Stephenie: Yeah. [laughs]
Laura: But if bạn had to pick something specific, hoặc maybe not so specific, what do bạn admire most about J.K. Rowling's work?
Stephenie: Oh God. Her imagination. I mean, she - I - when I work, I work within the world that I'm in because I kind of like having that foundation of realism. Also it's a little bit easier. People are used to being in this world. To create a whole other world and get the walls up as solidly as she does takes a ton of imagination and just a real gift. I am constantly amazed bởi that with her.
Matt: Yeah. Aww.
Elysa: Okay, so if Harry and Edward had to duel against each other, using their own abilities, who do bạn think would win?
Stephenie: Oh gosh. Don't get mad at me, but, I mean...
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: Okay. I don't know what a wizard fight looks like in her head. I know what it looks like in the movie, so I kind of have to go on what it looks like in the movie.
[Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: But here's the thing: if it's possible for a human to con vịt, vịt a wand being [unintelligible] at them, the vampire's not going to have a problem. I mean, the fight would be over in .01 seconds, because Edward would be across the room, snap his neck, and be done.
Andrew: Oh, yeah.
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: He wouldn't even have time to say his spell word. I'm sorry. Edward would win that one.
[Everyone laughs]
Elysa: Yeah.
Andrew: All right, let's di chuyển on to...
Matt: I kind of... [laughs] ...I kind of agree with her.
Laura: Yeah, me, too.
Andrew: Let's di chuyển on to Breaking Dawn now.
Stephenie: Hi, Andrew!
Andrew: How are bạn today?
Stephenie: I'm pretty good. I'm starting to get a little nervous [unintelligible] the hiển thị tonight. That always happens.
Andrew: Yeah, you're in the middle of this tour right now. What is this, your một giây hoặc third?
Stephenie: This is my fourth tour.
Andrew: Oh, okay.
Stephenie: So both books, and then one tour for The Host, and then, bạn know, various international tours. [laughs]
Andrew: Right, right, and bạn are in Chicago tonight, right?
Stephenie: Right.
Andrew: Awesome. So, we're going to ask bạn some các câu hỏi about the Twilight fandom and how it compares to the Potter fandom, since we are a Harry Potter fansite, and then we'll get into stuff about Breaking Dawn. Does that sound good?
Stephenie: That sounds cool.
Andrew: All right, cool.
Elysa: With the release of Breaking Dawn, the press is really all over this huge phenomenon that you've created with these books, and a lot of them are comparing bạn to J.K. Rowling because of the similarities in the fandoms. Why do bạn think so many Potter những người hâm mộ also enjoy Twilight and vice versa?
Stephenie: Yeah, I think everyone says that, actually, not most of them.
[Andrew and Stephenie laugh]
Stephenie: I get that all the time now, and I don't really know. I mean, when it comes down to it, there isn't that much that's similar...
Elysa: Mhm...
Stephenie: ...about the books, except for the những người hâm mộ of the sách are very similar. And of course all my những người hâm mộ are Harry Potter những người hâm mộ because everyone is a Harry Potter fan.
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: That just goes without saying, right?
Elysa: Right. I agree with you, yeah.
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: Yeah, so, I mean, I think the những người hâm mộ see, and they're fun reads, but they do appeal to people who like a little bit longer books, so there's that too, I guess.
Elysa: Right.
Matt: Okay. Stephenie, in your opinion, what is it about this whole genre that appeals to so many readers?
Stephenie: The vampire genre?
[Matt and Stephenie laugh]
Matt: Yeah.
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know, because I'm not - I don't read vampire books, so - and that - before, now I'll be able to. I - I've never really been into horror, so I'm not sure what the appeal is. I think it's because - bạn know, a lot of people like horror movies, people who aren't me, and I guess people liked to be scared, and vampires, of all the monsters that we can scare ourselves with, are definitely the sexiest. I mean, the rest are unattractive.
[Andrew laughs]
Matt: Oh. Yeah.
Andrew: Right.
Elysa: Clearly.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Andrew: Now, one major difference between the fandoms is that - between Harry Potter and Twilight is that J.K. Rowling has had ten years to develop her fandom, whereas yours has only had three years. So if your fandom only had - not only - if your fandom had ten years to develop, do bạn think it would grow into this huge thing?
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know. Everything has been so much thêm than I expected...
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: ...so it's hard to say. I kind of keep waiting for everything to crash and burn.
[Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: Something about my personality...
[Everyone laughs]
Andrew: It just seems like, bạn know - I would have to wonder what would happen if there was just thêm time. It would be fun to watch, and just seeing this whole fandom grow has been a lot of fun to watch for Twilight.
Stephenie: Yeah. It's been really fast. I mean - obviously, cool and fun for me...
Andrew: Yeah.
Stephenie: ...so I don't know. I kind of like the idea of starting over with new characters though. It should be - I imagine J.K. Rowling deals with is the idea that people feel like the characters belong to them, and after a while they have their guess and idea of what they want to see happen. bạn don't really have to deal with that so much when you're starting over with fresh characters.
Andrew: Is that a hint of things to come?
Stephenie: Well, I - well, obviously, I've got to go and do Midnight Sun, so people don't come after me, right?
[Everyone laughs]
Stephenie: But I'm still - I'm still in the Twilight world for now, but then I've got a lot of other, bạn know, non-vampire: ghosts, time travel, mermaids. I got a ton of stuff...
Andrew: Wow.
Matt: Oh, wow.
Stephenie: ...to work on.
Elysa: Awesome.
Matt: Oh, cool.
Andrew: That's a spectrum there. Yeah. [Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: Yeah.
[Matt and Stephenie laugh]
Laura: So, considering that you've đã đưa ý kiến the two stories don't have a lot in common, what do bạn think Harry Potter những người hâm mộ would like about Twilight, especially people who haven't read the sách yet?
Stephenie: bạn know, I don't know. It's not - to me it's so not comparable, but I do think that people who are readers - I was always a reader when I was growing up, and I just liked really big stories. I never wanted them to end. And my stories are long, so they're - they have that going for them, but then I think they're kind of fun, fast reads, bạn know, for as long as they are. My hàng đầu, đầu trang priority is always entertainment, and so I think that is similar to Harry Potter. Rowling just had such a whimsical, magical, escapism that's really cool, and I with Twilight I think it's a bit closer to trang chủ because it's set thêm in the world that we know, but I still think it has that escape that people might be looking for.
Laura: Right.
Andrew: Yeah. bạn know, and I've got to say, that's what I've always liked about your sách is - it is set in today's world, and in America, too. I mean, I've always appreciated your reference to Rotten Tomatoes. I think that was in...
[Laura and Matt laugh]
Andrew: Twilight hoặc New Moon. Just thought it was good.
Stephenie: [laughs] Well, bạn know, Rotten Tomatoes is a good tool.
Andrew: Yes, it is.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Matt: Okay, Stephenie, you've read the Harry Potter books, correct?
Stephenie: Yes.
Matt: Okay. What would bạn say is your yêu thích of the series?
Stephenie: Probably number three. I'm just a huge Sirius Black fan.
Matt: Ohh.
Elysa: Oh my God.
[Laura and Matt laugh]
Elysa: I'm there with you. Me too.
Stephenie: I had a really hard time when he died. It was not easy for me.
[Andrew and Matt laugh]
Laura: Aww. Well, I think we all felt the same way. [laughs]
Stephenie: Yeah. [laughs]
Laura: But if bạn had to pick something specific, hoặc maybe not so specific, what do bạn admire most about J.K. Rowling's work?
Stephenie: Oh God. Her imagination. I mean, she - I - when I work, I work within the world that I'm in because I kind of like having that foundation of realism. Also it's a little bit easier. People are used to being in this world. To create a whole other world and get the walls up as solidly as she does takes a ton of imagination and just a real gift. I am constantly amazed bởi that with her.
Matt: Yeah. Aww.
Elysa: Okay, so if Harry and Edward had to duel against each other, using their own abilities, who do bạn think would win?
Stephenie: Oh gosh. Don't get mad at me, but, I mean...
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: Okay. I don't know what a wizard fight looks like in her head. I know what it looks like in the movie, so I kind of have to go on what it looks like in the movie.
[Andrew laughs]
Stephenie: But here's the thing: if it's possible for a human to con vịt, vịt a wand being [unintelligible] at them, the vampire's not going to have a problem. I mean, the fight would be over in .01 seconds, because Edward would be across the room, snap his neck, and be done.
Andrew: Oh, yeah.
[Andrew and Laura laugh]
Stephenie: He wouldn't even have time to say his spell word. I'm sorry. Edward would win that one.
[Everyone laughs]
Elysa: Yeah.
Andrew: All right, let's di chuyển on to...
Matt: I kind of... [laughs] ...I kind of agree with her.
Laura: Yeah, me, too.
Andrew: Let's di chuyển on to Breaking Dawn now.
