“I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.'” — Karin Slaughter Quote

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

“When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.”

“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.”

“One year at the SAG Awards, somebody practically knocked me over, and it was Helen Mirren. She was like, 'Oh my God - is it really you? I'm your biggest fan.' I was like, 'Wait, aren't you supposed to be home reading Shakespeare or something?'”

“I approached writing a story for the CBC Literary Awards as a mercenary venture - $5,000 for one story, not bad. Now, how do you win it? Jurors are wading through skyscrapers of paper, looking for one story that stands out.”

“The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.”