Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes need southern think
If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task. Karin Slaughter figurefocusgear share on social
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. Karin Slaughter accessbackbook Change image and share on social
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. Karin Slaughter characterentertainjob Change image and share on social
It's not a common thing for a Southern white family to go out and seek their black cousins. Edward Ball blackcommoncousin Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves! Joyce Meyer centerdirectfact share on social