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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. "

Karin Slaughter

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" I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily. "

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" I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody. "

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" Libraries are the backbone of our education system. "

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" I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on. "

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" I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader. "

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" Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. 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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" The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.' "

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" 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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" 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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" I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. "

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" Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work. "

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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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" 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. "

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" 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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" Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form. "

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" I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction. "

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" I love twins stories. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. "

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" I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. "

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" Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right. "

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" 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. "

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

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" That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. "

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" Men are more particular, and they're not going to grab something with a bodice-ripper cover on it. "

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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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" I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. "

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