Karin Slaughter Quotes
I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
Quotes to Explore
-
I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
-
The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
-
Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
-
True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.
-
I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
-
The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
-
You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
-
Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
-
'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
-
With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.
-
The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.
-
Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
-
Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
-
I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
-
If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
-
I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
-
As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
-
My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
-
I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it.
-
I still don't have a publicist. If I'm in a film, you have an obligation to promote it, I'll do as much as I can.
-
I was a Tina Turner fan growing up.
-
The best one can say of modern creative art is that it is just a little less vulgar than reality.
-
I continue to see a healthy PC market, very healthy. The machines will continue to morph; you'll see smaller machines that have more capability.
-
I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
