I wanted to really just understand... how could a whole generation of children who were just children at the time - boys riding their bikes, flying kites, and doing all kinds of things they normally do - how could they… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
The themes that I explore, Taika Waititi also explores: how teaching children a sense of 'us and them' breeds a sense of superiority and dehumanises what one perceives as 'otherness'; and why this theme is relevant to today's rise in the far-Right, how children and youth are indoctrinated into extremism and terrorism. — Christine Leunens Copy Share
A woman's relationship with her son is psychological, emotional, even physical. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Looking back, I can't say I got any real satisfaction from so many people being interested in what I looked like. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Write something and leave it aside so you've practically forgotten it as much as possible, a month or so, then come back and read… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Be true to yourself, pick something that really matters to them and is dear to them. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I was born 20 years after World War II had ended, and people of my generation mostly thought of it as a terrible period… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Then it's very easy to point fingers at other people and use this kind of rhetoric, infestation and comparing people to rodents, insects, showing… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
Because I write just at home, I'm just in my T-shirt and sneakers all the time. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm mostly at my desk, staring out my window. No one sees me. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I think what happens is when you have fear, fear translates into hatred. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
However, for my characters to have depth, they have to be human and complex, have both qualities and flaws, do the right things at… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
So I'm working on another historical novel. This one's a Franco-New Zealand novel, and it takes place at the time of the Rainbow Warrior… — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
