Karin Slaughter Quotes

American - Writer | January 6, 1971 -

That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.

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I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver.

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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.

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What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them.

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I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.

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A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so much by the end of the class that I never wanted to see it again.

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The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.'

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I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that.

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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.

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The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.

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