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Karin Slaughter Quotes
Karin Slaughter Quotes
Karin Slaughter
American
Writer
Born:
Jan 6
,
1971
Book
Me
People
Reading
Writing
You
Related authors:
Dale Carnegie
Denis Waitley
Dr. Seuss
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William Arthur Ward
I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
Karin Slaughter
Alone
Good
People
Some People
Think
Some
Never
Liked
Felt
Isolated
Child
Just
Being
Being Alone
Really
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
Karin Slaughter
Good
Dark
Dark Side
Be Nice
Nice
Assumptions
Others
Side
Nurses
Everyone
Darker
Some
Make
Than
Should
Teachers
As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.
Karin Slaughter
Library
World
Down
Local
Our
Local Governments
Libraries
Must
Citizens
Properly
Invest
Adult
Generations
Demand
Voters
Prioritize
Governments
Up
Contribute
Just
Taxpayers
Communities
Who
Grow
Grow Up
Served
Street
There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man.
Karin Slaughter
Man
Women
Hero
Manly
Weak
Some
Tendency
Writers
Like
Looks
Make
Male
Stories
Rescue
Among
Needing
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
Karin Slaughter
Library
Book
Thought
Somewhere
Every
Writer
Know
Read
Got
Want
Start
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Karin Slaughter
You
Chapter
Rest
Enjoy
Books
Favorite
Simply
Like
Where
Your
Ignore
Download
Albums
Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Karin Slaughter
Happiness
Life
Liberty
Reading
Pursuit
Pursuit Of Happiness
Equal
Access
Fundamental
I started Save the Libraries in 2010 by hosting a big fundraiser in my city library of DeKalb County in Atlanta. Through that, I learned that even with fundraisers, libraries often don't make money - they just barely break even.
Karin Slaughter
Library
Money
Big
Libraries
City
Atlanta
Through
Hosting
County
Make
Learned
Often
Just
Break
Barely
Even
Started
Save
My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.
Karin Slaughter
Work
Time
Morning
Phone
Wake Up
Interviews
Typical
Email
Phone Calls
Some
Various
Check
Come
Involves
Obviously
Mostly
Calls
Lot
Wake
Questions
Up
Author
Get
Being
Then
Skip
Treadmill
I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring.
Karin Slaughter
Alone
Time
Home
Me
Think
Extremely
Must
Introverted
Touring
Over
Make
Sure
Got
Still
Lots
Get
Door
Room
Much
Used
Hard
Away
Shyness
I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
Karin Slaughter
Language
Long
Atlanta
Voice
Know
Because
Lived
Here
I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.
Karin Slaughter
People
About
Read
Sort
Up
Get
Serial
Things
I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
Karin Slaughter
School
Girl
Wish
Hell
High
Would
Some
High School
Anybody
Mean
Certainly
When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
Karin Slaughter
Crime
Sister
Detective
Stepmother
Towns
She
Up
Chief
Interest
Growing
Growing Up
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
Karin Slaughter
Good
Character
Writing
World
Light
Crime
Mirror
Live
Telling
Darker
About
Writers
Know
Readers
Greater
Up
Reflects
Holds
Story
Which
I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
Karin Slaughter
Me
You
Women
Will
Men
Books
Say
Like
Read
Lot
Who
Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
Karin Slaughter
Thought
Wind
Gone
Every
Write
Writer
Like
Southern
Gone With The Wind
Next
Needed
I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
Karin Slaughter
Drawn
Always
Been
Historical
Historical Fiction
Fiction
When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
Karin Slaughter
Work
Thoughts
You
Book
Emotions
Better
Distract
Lost
Nothing
Adept
Read
Another
Off
Than
Person
Getting
Turning
Your
Letting
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
Karin Slaughter
Love
People
Find
About
Writers
Know
Read
Readers
Terrific
Off
Forget
Being
Want
Start
I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
Karin Slaughter
People
Writing
Bad Things
Thirty
Spend
Bad
Would
About
Small
Small Town
Town
Because
Least
Still
Years
Wonder
Begin
Same
Want
Anyone
Happening
Next
Why
Lives
Things
My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
Karin Slaughter
Crimes
Books
Characters
About
Never
React
How
I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on.
Karin Slaughter
Me
Woman
People
Writing
Focus
Think
Complain
Books
Frankly
Some
About
Someone
Something
Attention
Puzzle
Read
Does
Gotten
Reviewers
Being
Wants
Who
Violence
I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
Karin Slaughter
Life
Home
You
Privacy
Try
Fans
Few
Protect
Unusual
Home Life
Imagine
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books.
Karin Slaughter
Life
Time
Library
Passion
My Life
First
Reading
Back
Books
Unlimited
Seemed
Had
Supply
Clearly
Like
Trace
First Time
Access
Georgia
Where
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.
Karin Slaughter
Good
You
Experience
Book
People
World
Better
Believe
Every
Think
Other
Books
Laugh
Insight
Give
Having
New
Opens
Make
Read
Cultures
Up
New World
Story
Them
Us
Really
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