Karin Slaughter Quotes

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Karin Slaughter

Profession : Writer

Birth : January 6, 1971

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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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.

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

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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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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.

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

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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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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 any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff.

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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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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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My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author.

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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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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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As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.

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

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

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

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