American - Writer | January 6, 1971 -
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.
Karin Slaughter
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When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.
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I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.
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Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
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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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I'm really boring. I get up early. I go to bed early. I don't smoke or drink. I mean, I'll eat a cupcake. I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing.
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I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.
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When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. 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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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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