Michael Koryta Quotes
Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
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Wherever I go in the world, I'm treated like royalty.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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My sister was always very motherly, babysitting and stuff.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
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I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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I like being a mother. For some people, it's so much work that it can be a burden. But it's not for me, maybe because I had my daughter, Valentina, later on in life, at 41.
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You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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I always found misogyny vulgar and stupid, and I found almost all the women I have known to be my betters. However, placing them so high, I used them more often than I served them. How does one make sense of this?
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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The history of women is the history of the worst form of tyranny the world has ever known. The tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.
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Advice? Look at your pay statements.
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The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately.
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Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.
