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" I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver. "
Karin Slaughter
I Can
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Always
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" That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. "
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" Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words? "
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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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" Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy. "
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Healthy
Random
" 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. "
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Box
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Lunch
" As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival. "
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" I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way. "
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" Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. "
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Fall
" I busted my chin open trying to be Evel Knievel on my bike. When it happened, you could see straight through to the bone, I thought my dad was going to pass out. It left a scar that I still have now. "
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You
Thought
Trying
" Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "
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Reading
Equal
Happiness
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Forget
Find
Know
" 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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College
Me
Lost
" Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live. "
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Character
Live
Light
" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "
Karin Slaughter
Small Town
Small
Nothing
" Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study. "
Karin Slaughter
Light
Late
Day
" I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring. "
Karin Slaughter
Home
Me
Door
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Life
Passion
My Life
" I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. "
Karin Slaughter
Myself
Fine
Just
" Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live. "
Karin Slaughter
Light
Writing
Up
" I'm really boring. I get up early. I go to bed early. I don't smoke or drink. I mean, I'll eat a cupcake. I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. "
Karin Slaughter
Writing
Bed
Smoke
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Bed
Crime
People
" It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff. "
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Interested
Dark
Very
" When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing. "
Karin Slaughter
Go
Writing
Hours
" I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty. "
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Set
Age
Book
" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "
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Who
Nice
Boring
" 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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Home
Reading
Child
" 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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Mountains
Writing
Home
" Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction. "
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Characters
Jack
Fiction
" I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. "
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Story
I Am
Library
" It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances. "
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Story
Goal
Book