Karin Slaughter Quotes & Sayings
55 most famous Karin Slaughter quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“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.”
“Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.”
“I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.”
“I'm always conscious when I'm writing a story that the women in my books need to save themselves. They don't need to be scooped up into a man's arms and carried off into the sunset. But I also can't stand when writers feature a really strong female character and then make all the men around her incredibly weak and subservient to the woman.”
“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 that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.”
“As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.”
“Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.”
“Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.”
“Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.”
“Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.”
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