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" I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.' "

Karin Slaughter

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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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" 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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" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "

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" My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading. "

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" It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff. "

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" Reading is power. Reading is life. "

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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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" Women know how to scare other women. "

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" It was always my dream to write for a living. "

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