Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I was little, my grandmother would take me to church with her, and she would introduce me to people. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least… — 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
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I was with a real jerk after the first heartbreak, and once I did the prerequisite eating an entire cake and singing… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue,… — 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 am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I… — 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
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
