339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

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.

I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?

I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell.

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.'

For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.

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

I love reading almost as much as I love writing.