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" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "
Karin Slaughter
Small Town
Small
Nothing
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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. "
Karin Slaughter
Information
Great
Think
" No crime lab in the world looks like the 'CSI' ones because there's simply not the money for all those fancy machines. "
Karin Slaughter
Like
Looks
Crime
" With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. "
Karin Slaughter
Crime
Behind
Opportunity
" 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
" Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness. "
Karin Slaughter
Oh
Neatness
About
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Better
Book
Lost
" I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away. "
Karin Slaughter
Walk
Reading
Learning
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Long
Know
Language
" 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
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Character
Live
Light
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Know
Grow
Better
" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "
Karin Slaughter
Preach
People
Speak
" I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that. "
Karin Slaughter
Book
Writer
Know
" The most important lesson I have learned from spending years talking to law enforcement officers is that the vast majority of them really want to do a good job. They have a physical need to do a good job. And yet, we don't give them the resources that would help them. "
Karin Slaughter
Good
Talking
Important
" No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community. "
Karin Slaughter
Small
Library
Community
" As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the sisters in 'Pretty Girls' share some similarities to my own. "
Karin Slaughter
My Own
Childhood
Three
" I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock. "
Karin Slaughter
Hours
Write
Stopping
" Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy. "
Karin Slaughter
House
Healthy
Random
" Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form. "
Karin Slaughter
Fly
Risks
Just
" My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. "
Karin Slaughter
React
Never
Characters
" Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. "
Karin Slaughter
Well
Feminism
Fact
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Story
Goal
Book
" Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone. "
Karin Slaughter
Myself
Alone
Up
" Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. "
Karin Slaughter
Different
World
True
" Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. "
Karin Slaughter
Churches
Civil War
Either
" 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
" 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
Try
Job
Day
" People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. "
Karin Slaughter
Kind
Just
Never
" I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things. "
Karin Slaughter
Dark
Never
Because
" Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be. "
Karin Slaughter
School
How
Horrible