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“I keep a couple of notebooks too into which I record ideas for story titles or characters or situations, and these notes help me quite a bit when I'm feeling at loose ends and not sure of what to work on next.”

Quote by Christine Sneed

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Christine Sneed

Christine Sneed is an accomplished writer in the contemporary literary scene, known for her diverse works including novels, short story collections, and essays. Her unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns have earned her critical acclaim and a dedicated readership. more

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“I think that under ordinary circumstances (i.e., neither person is famous), it's already hard enough to make a long-term romantic relationship work, but add fame to the calculus.”

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“I think it takes a very generous and tolerant non-famous partner to stick with the famous person, especially if s/he wasn't famous when they first got together. And add to it the fact that the Web makes it extremely easy to meet admirers... well, there are a lot of temptations to be ignored, or else embraced.”

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“Thirty years ago, the Pandora's box of the Internet wasn't yet a fact of life, and celebrities inhabited a more remote, hard-to-reach plane.”

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“Jealousy is a potent emotion, of course, and Facebook, texting, email, fan Web pages... In theory, being someone like George Clooney's or Halle Berry's paramour - woo hoo - how great would that be? But wait a minute... er, no, probably kind of a nightmare.”

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“The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.”

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“Unless I'm writing trying to write about a historical figure, I don't really set out to read or research with a specific topic in mind.”

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“Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.”

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“The ways in which a standardized language test induces storytelling, for example, is the opposite of creative writing; you have to learn a logical way to start a story, whereas in creative writing you may begin at the end or begin at the middle of the story.”

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