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The fallacy of fame: the disappointment of meeting a writer you admire
Posted on January 5, 2012 at 11:21am 0 Comments 2 Likes
By Charlene Smith
Margaret Atwood wrote: “Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like paté.”
She continued by saying “that’s a light enough comment upon the disappointments of encountering the famous, or even the moderately well known — they are always shorter and older and more ordinary than you expected …”
I know writers who can barely articulate when you meet them, who mumble and blush and battle to string…
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