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" It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff. "
Karin Slaughter
Interested
Dark
Very
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" 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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" It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' "
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" 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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" Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school. "
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You
" Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder. "
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Had
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" I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. "
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Fine
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" As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world. "
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Down
World
Up
" 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
" Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words? "
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Words
Story
" 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. "
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Mountains
Writing
Home
" I grew up reading thrillers. Honestly, I was always drawn to the very detailed ones like Patricia Cornwell. I love details. "
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Details
Like
Love
" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "
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Who
Nice
Boring
" I don't get hung up a lot on angst. "
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Lot
Hung
Up
" 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. "
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Home
Me
Door
" My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. "
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React
Never
Characters
" When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness. "
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You
Woman
Feeling
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
City
Atlanta
Started
" 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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You
Thought
Trying
" 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
" I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist. "
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Person
Character
Exist
" If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task. "
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Good
Patient
" Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live. "
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Writing
Up
" 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. "
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" I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. "
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" I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.' "
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Up
Choice
Awards
" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "
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Preach
People
Speak
" Visual storytelling is at once immediate and subversive. "
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Once
Visual
" Libraries are the backbone of our education system. "
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Our
" 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
" 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