What Jo says about...
The Malfoys

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

• Voldemort, Malfoy, Quidditch are all invented names. [Read the exact quote from WBUR interview, 1999]
• Malfoy means 'bad faith.' [Read the exact quote from WBUR interview, 1999]
• JKR: "I think you're all getting far too fond of Draco." [Read the exact quote from Royal Albert Hall, 2003]
• Draco is an only child. [Read the exact quote from World Book Day, 2004]
• Narcissa (Black) Malfoy is not related to Lily (Evans) Potter. Her name doesn't fit the naming pattern for the Black family (constellations); JKR just thought the name fit her. We will see more of Narcissa in future books [6 and/or 7] [Read the exact quote from World Book Day, 2004]
• To people like Lucius Malfoy, a Muggle-born is as bad as a Muggle, so Harry is considered Half-Blood because of his mother's parents. In effect, a Muggle Grandparent "pollutes" the blood. (Read the rest of JK's response here to see how this relates to the Nazi's attitude to Jews.) [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Rowling has discarded a scene (twice) where Theodore Nott goes to the Malfoy home to visit Draco. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Theodore Nott has been raised by an elderly widower and a death eater father. He is a clever loner who does not need to join gangs — including Malfoy's. [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Draco worship worries her. "Draco, whatever he looks like, is not a nice man." [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• "Draco did a lot of growing up" in Book 6. [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• Draco is very gifted in Occlumency, unlike Harry. Draco can suppress "virtually all of the good side of himself." [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• Suddenly, after "having talked the talk [Draco's] asked to walk it for the first time and it is absolutely terrifying. I felt sorry for Draco." [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• "Draco would not have killed Dumbledore." [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• "Regulus got in a little too deep. Like Draco. He was attracted to it, but the reality of what it meant was way too much to handle." [Read the whole quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• Dobby did not know about the prophecy; he only knew what he could pick up in the Malfoy household. [Read the entire quote from the Leaky Cauldron, 2005]
• When asked about Draco, Jo said that all of her main characters except for Voldemort can be considered redeemable. [Read the whole quote from RCMH1, 2006]
• Harry believes that Draco would not have killed Dumbledore even if he had all the time in the world.  Indeed he would not have; this will have implications for Draco’s future. [Read the whole quote from RCMH1, 2006]
• Draco Malfoy does not know how to produce a Patronus yet. [8 May 2007] [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]
• Draco Malfoy's wand is made of hawthorn wood. JKR did not mention what the core is. [8 May 2007] [Read the exact quote from Jo's website]