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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. "

Karin Slaughter

Language

Time

Internet

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" When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing. "

Karin Slaughter

Writing

Hours

" I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one of them and eagerly anticipate them. "

" I started Save the Libraries in 2010 by hosting a big fundraiser in my city library of DeKalb County in Atlanta. Through that, I learned that even with fundraisers, libraries often don't make money - they just barely break even. "

" I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist. "

" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. "

" I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work. "

" I love twins stories. "

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

" We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others. "

" 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. "

" Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.' "

" My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. "

" 'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world. "

Karin Slaughter

Flowers

Wind

" As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. "

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

" I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. "

Karin Slaughter

About

Things

" When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. "

" People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. "

" 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. "

" It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' "

Karin Slaughter

Your

Seems

" As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do? "