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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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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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 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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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 become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
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My family moved to Israel when I was eight until I was 10, and then we came back, and my parents split up. I was suddenly in a single-parent home and on scholarship. Fifth grade was such a hard year for me.
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I say have the night and give people the awards, but why do people want to watch people win awards? What are they getting out of it? I don't quite get it. Because they have awards all the time; there's awards for butchers, the best meat served, but they don't televise it. I don't know why they do it for films or TV programs.
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
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Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard.
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There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.
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I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.
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I will raise a book to Brian Thomsen.
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That kill the bloom before its time, And blanch, without the owner's crime, The most resplendent hair.
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The fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is often lost in the process, replaced by a point system that opens the door, or locks it, depending on the qualities of the crime, not the child.
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I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.
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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.
