imsirius:Jo Rowling: “The thing is with Goblet, the things that we lost were not necessary to the pl
imsirius:Jo Rowling: “The thing is with Goblet, the things that we lost were not necessary to the plot. I know there are things in both Goblet and Phoenix - I’m gonna defend all of the other books to the hilt, but in both Goblet and Phoenix, there was stuff to lose. I know it…” -- source link