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  I think what happens is when you have fear, fear translates into hatred.

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  I wanted to really just understand... how could a whole generation of children who were just childr

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  Then it's very easy to point fingers at other people and use this kind of rhetoric, infestation and

• Christine Leunens:

  It's not ideal when art is seen as just some passing entertainment quickly thrown out into the mark

• Christine Leunens:

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• Christine Leunens:

  I don't feel pride when I look at a magazine spread I did for Vogue, but writing is really satisfyi

• Christine Leunens:

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• Christine Leunens:

  My first novel was a critical success in a matter of weeks.

• Christine Leunens:

  As a writer, I'm mostly at my desk, staring out my window. No one sees me.