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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No, I never ever considered myself attractive.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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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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I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.
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I stopped singing for a long time because it just wasn't something I was very passionate about.
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I don't want to say the teams are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball.
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The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.
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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.
