In 1998, Quentin Tarantino received a letter from a 14-year-old aspiring film-maker named Richard. Fan mail is often a shot in the dark but sometimes it pays off! Check out more response letters by notable figures to their adoring teenage fans.
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– JK Rowling
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–Conan O’Brien
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–Roald Dahl
via Letters of Note