339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.

Prosecutors and public defenders deserve to make a living wage.

I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.

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

My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.

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

I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock.

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.

When you grow up starving, you cannot point with pride to a book you've just spent six hours reading. Picking cotton, sewing flour bags into clothes - those were the skills my father grew up appreciating.