I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I'm in control of what's going on in the books, so I can back off, if it's scaring me too much. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
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… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
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… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“Moon was from somewhere up east, the kind of place where consonants took on a life of their own. In addition to this, she… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
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… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“a large chifforobe wedged into a small closet that their mother said they’d have to pay Tom Robinson a nickel to bust up.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
