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
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. — 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
I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.' — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,'… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a… — 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
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
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
I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think… — 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
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
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 Image
