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" 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

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" My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more. "

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" Women know how to scare other women. "

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" Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' "

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" Prosecutors and public defenders deserve to make a living wage. "

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" Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. "

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" Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right. "

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" I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time. "

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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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" What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them. "

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" It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude. "

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" If you wear them outside, they stop being pyjamas. I wear mine to the mail box, which is right in front of my house - that's my limit. Anything else is wrong. "

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" As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people. "

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" I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock. "

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" My father and his eight siblings grew up in the kind of poverty that Americans don't like to talk about unless a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, and then the conversation only lasts as long as the news cycle. His family squatted in shacks. The children scavenged for food. "

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" Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. "

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" I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader. "

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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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" Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life. "

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" When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost. "

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" If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task. "

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" For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty. "

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" The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me. "

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" I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder. "

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" I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty. "

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