“You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.” WantStoriesFormChanceForeverStorytelling Author:Michael Koryta
“I've never really found inspiration for story ideas in the news, but I'd say it certainly affects our lives in so many ways. I would say that certainly the stories of the day appear in the work - I just have never gone so far as to say, well, this particular event could influence a plot of an entire book.” WayWellsBookIdeasStoriesInspirationFoundGoneOur LivesInfluenceEventsParticularNewsPlot Author: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 a closed door.” ShouldWritingStoriesBehindsDoorsReturnManuscriptsClosed Doors Author:Michael Koryta
“I'd worked at a small town newspaper, and I was thinking of all the strange stories that I had seen float through the newsroom in my time there that were dismissed as kind of amusing curiosities. Somehow from that I got to this idea of an eccentric alcoholic who built a lighthouse in the woods.” ThinkingKindIdeasStoriesStrangeBuiltTownsCuriosityWoodsNewspapersMy TimeSmall TownFloatsAlcoholicsAmusingEccentricLighthouseStrange Stories Author:Michael Koryta
