Band of Skulls is joining Cage the Elephant as my new musical caffeine.

- Michael Koryta

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer be…

- Michael Koryta

I started writing as soon as I started reading.

- 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 bei…

- Michael Koryta

We understand tornadoes scientifically, but it still feels supernatural. The randomness makes it feel supernatural.

- 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.

- 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 popular in times when were hamm…

- Michael Koryta

In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endur…

- Michael Koryta

What I love is the writing, it's not having written. I like the process of it.

- Michael Koryta