Karin Slaughter People Quotations

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.

I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!

I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.

I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.

I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.

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.

I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on.