“I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to be more popular in times when were hammered over the head daily with threats from all angles, very real threats.” IfsThinkingKindDoeRealSeemsFictionHorrorFlowThreatAngleEbb And FlowHammered Author: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 Fighter,' and who also wrote '8 Mile,' which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and I'm learning a lot.” ThinkingBookChancePleasureColdRiversMilesFighterSilverOscarsTerrificScreenplaysAdapting8 Mile Author:Michael Koryta
“I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.” ThinkingWritingLyingInfluenceFoolish Author: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 is self-inflicted and hopefully can be channeled in a healthy way.” ThinkingHealthyStressImprovementHopefully 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
“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 or being foolish. I read his book 'On Writing' before I read pretty much any of his fiction.” ThinkingWritingBookLyingFictionInfluenceKingsStandardsFoolishSuspense Author:Michael Koryta
