339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them.

I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.'

I read a lot of true crime growing up - 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.