Karin Slaughter Quotes
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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.
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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. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'
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As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.
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Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I love reading almost as much as I love writing.
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I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
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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.
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It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.
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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.
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A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so much by the end of the class that I never wanted to see it again.
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Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction.
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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.
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I grew up reading thrillers. Honestly, I was always drawn to the very detailed ones like Patricia Cornwell. I love details.
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Women know how to scare other women.
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If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over.
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Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give it.
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I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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Men are more particular, and they're not going to grab something with a bodice-ripper cover on it.
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When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community.
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I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry.
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The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.'
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I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor.
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I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.