Karin Slaughter Quotes

When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.

Karin Slaughter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1971

Topics

WorkThoughtsBookBetterYouLost

I'm a product of an East Coast liberal arts educational system.

Matt Taibbi

ProductSystemArtsLiberal Arts

I like raconteurs; I like conversation. I liked the 'Tonight Show' when it was 90 minutes, I like when people aren't plugging things per se, and they're just in the moment being interesting.

Jeff Garlin

MomentPeopleInterestingThings

I went where the boys in the family went. We would shoot basketball. We would shoot guns. We'd play cards. We'd go fishing at the pond.

Tori Bowie

FamilyFishingBasketballCardsPlay

I literally touched down in Kosovo and the president, prime minister and mayor were waiting for me to get off the plane. Apparently that's unheard of. They don't wait for nobody.

Rita Ora

WaitingMeWaitDownNobodyPrime

Dave Cockrum's work at Marvel and DC defined my childhood and inspired me to be a comic book creator. Without Dave, there is no New 'X-Men' resurgence, there is no Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Lilandra, Star Jammers, or the Imperial Guard. His influence on generations of fans cannot be measured.

Rob Liefeld

WorkChildhoodStormMeBookNew

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

Michael Palin

MyselfMeWorldProblemsThinking

Where I live, there is a group of fans who take me out to tea every year to pick my brains about what's coming up.

Diana Gabaldon

LiveTeaMeYearGroupOut

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

Diane Sawyer

ThinkAttentionLessonI Have Learned

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

Brie Larson

OpportunityTimeYourselfSchoolYou

Everyone's marriage is different. But everyone's marriage is a compromise.

Ariel Levy

MarriageCompromiseEveryone

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature.

Anne Stevenson

MusicLiteratureLoyalJane Austen

My dad said to always do what I loved and not worry about the money or anything, because if I do what I love, then the money will come.

Ansel Elgort

LoveMoneyLovedWorrySaidWill

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