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" I love reading almost as much as I love writing. "
Karin Slaughter
Reading
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Almost
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" 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
" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "
Karin Slaughter
Small Town
Small
Nothing
" 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
Death
Lunch
" 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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Meeting
People
Someone
" My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author. "
Karin Slaughter
Time
Wake Up
Questions
" Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be. "
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School
How
Horrible
" It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' "
Karin Slaughter
Your
Like
Seems
" 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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Language
Time
Internet
" Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. "
Karin Slaughter
Churches
Civil War
Either
" 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 have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life. "
Karin Slaughter
Fans
Home
Privacy
" Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy. "
Karin Slaughter
House
Healthy
Random
" When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime. "
Karin Slaughter
She
Crime
Growing
" I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver. "
Karin Slaughter
I Can
Want
Always
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Library
Community
Said
" When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. "
Karin Slaughter
People
Church
Grandmother
" Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. "
Karin Slaughter
Boundaries
Crime
Fall
" I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found my way and realized that wasn't me. "
Karin Slaughter
Always
Wind
Thought
" 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
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Think
Curiosity
Curious
" People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. "
Karin Slaughter
Kind
Just
Never
" 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
" 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 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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Love
Turn
Good
" 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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Different
World
True
" Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life. "
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Happen
Life
Something
" I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do? "
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Bad
See
Superhero
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
College
Me
Lost
" I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.' "
Karin Slaughter
Up
Choice
Awards