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" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "
Karin Slaughter
Who
Nice
Boring
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" 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. "
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Day
" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Crime
People
" I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents would drop me off and leave me there all day. I would just sit in the back and read whatever I could find. "
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Library
Day
" I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. "
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Always
Books
Like
" It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' "
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Your
Like
Seems
" 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. "
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Myself
Alone
Up
" Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I didn't see the - any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff. "
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Doing
Young
Understand
" 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. "
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Forget
Find
Know
" Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.' "
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Dark
Male
Powerful
" As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. "
Karin Slaughter
Southerner
Obstacles
Love
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Stop
Wrong
You
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Work
Thought
Saying
" I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that. "
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Book
Writer
Know
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Want
Gifted
You
" I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. "
Karin Slaughter
Atlanta
Voice
Long
" I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody. "
Karin Slaughter
High School
Wish
School
" As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival. "
Karin Slaughter
Survival
Reading
Much
" 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
" There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood, so in that regard, I feel incredibly fortunate. "
Karin Slaughter
People
Job
World
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Meeting
People
Someone
" 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. "
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Better
Book
Lost
" 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. "
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Good
Talking
Important
" 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. "
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Always
Wind
Thought
" I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.' "
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You
Women
Me
" 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. "
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Life
Passion
My Life
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
She
Book
Name
" My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. "
Karin Slaughter
React
Never
Characters
" With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. "
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Crime
Behind
Opportunity