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Karin Slaughter Quotes
Karin Slaughter Quotes
Karin Slaughter
American
Writer
Born:
Jan 6
,
1971
Book
Me
People
Reading
Writing
You
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No crime lab in the world looks like the 'CSI' ones because there's simply not the money for all those fancy machines.
Karin Slaughter
World
Money
Crime
Those
Machines
Simply
Like
Looks
Because
Lab
Fancy
I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
Karin Slaughter
You
Conversation
People
Writing
Word
Those
Phrases
Seems
Tend
Over
Like
Know
Talk
Because
How
Dialogue
Choice
Use
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
Karin Slaughter
Character
Never
Know
Exist
Person
Any
Certain
Based
If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.
Karin Slaughter
Reading
Ourselves
Bootstraps
Dream
Still
Up
American
American Dream
Which
Pull
It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
Karin Slaughter
Dark
Stuff
Very
Southern
Interested
Thing
My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
Karin Slaughter
Time
Reading
Sister
Spent
Visit
Most
Came
Flat
While
England
Lived
Her
In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
Karin Slaughter
Bible
Mother
Our
Drink
South
Milk
When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
Karin Slaughter
You
Woman
Feeling
Softness
Write
Going
You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.
Karin Slaughter
You
Risks
Characters
Take
Development
Novel
I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.
Karin Slaughter
Day
Try
Job
Reading
Out
Direction
Writer
Hour
Read
Always
Block
Brain
Train
Being
Helps
Right
Right Direction
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