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" Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work. "
Karin Slaughter
Women
Two
People
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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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" 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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Patient
" '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. "
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Flowers
Wind
Me
" 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. "
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She
Crime
Growing
" When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. "
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People
Church
Grandmother
" 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. "
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Think
Curiosity
Curious
" 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
Up
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Better
Book
Lost
" 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
" Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. "
Karin Slaughter
Different
World
True
" 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. "
Karin Slaughter
Down
World
Up
" If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over. "
Karin Slaughter
Going
Decision
You
" 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
" Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder. "
Karin Slaughter
Wind
Had
Shocking
" 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
" I love reading almost as much as I love writing. "
Karin Slaughter
Reading
Much
Almost
" 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 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
" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "
Karin Slaughter
Preach
People
Speak
" We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others. "
Karin Slaughter
Teachers
Nice
Good
" I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that. "
Karin Slaughter
Book
Writer
Know
" As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival. "
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Survival
Reading
Much
" My father and his eight siblings grew up in the kind of poverty that Americans don't like to talk about unless a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, and then the conversation only lasts as long as the news cycle. His family squatted in shacks. The children scavenged for food. "
Karin Slaughter
Father
Children
Family
" I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. "
Karin Slaughter
Always
Books
Like
" Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory. "
Karin Slaughter
Even
Love
Police
" I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk. "
Karin Slaughter
Writing
You
Conversation
" Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. "
Karin Slaughter
Enjoy
Ignore
Like
" I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder. "
Karin Slaughter
Know
Grow
Better
" Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world. "
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Experience
Book
Good