Adam Quote by Michael Koryta

I would say of characters I've created, the one I've felt the most connected to emotionally was Adam Austin from 'The Prophet.' I think…

— Michael Koryta

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind…

— Michael Koryta

“...what still blew them all away was time itself, the days and months and the years, oh yes, the years. They went faster than…

— Michael Koryta

In 'The Prophet' I really fell in love with those characters, there was an emotional connection there that I don't think I've had in…

— Michael Koryta

Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying…

— Michael Koryta

I think pressure can be an incentive toward improvement, and while I'm not denying that I feel some, I will also stress that it…

— Michael Koryta

I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out…

— Michael Koryta

I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new…

— Michael Koryta

For 'So Cold the River,' I'm actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for 'The…

— Michael Koryta

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very…

— Michael Koryta

'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that,…

— Michael Koryta

I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more…

— Michael Koryta