Karin Slaughter Quotes
I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
Quotes to Explore
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Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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Love can never be fully explained.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I have never broken a contract in my career.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies, character-driven stuff. I would love to do more theater on a larger scale. I'm just excited for the next thing that comes along that I'm salivating over. I think a little more guerrilla would be really exciting to me.
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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'Seize the Story' takes readers all the way through the process of writing fiction, from beginning to end. Every element, from dialogue to setting, plotting to character creation, is laid out and illustrated with examples. But the tone of the book is not that of a dry writing manual - it's definitely written for teenagers.
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It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.
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You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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The realm of classical music is so vast - not only in terms of style but of era, age and the purposes for which it was composed - it is an enormous art form.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've done as a 'learning experience.' It makes me feel less stupid.
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I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.
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I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist.
