“'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written ...” — Michael Koryta Quote

“'Envy the Night' was my first stand alone, the first book I'd written in the third person and I loved the feel of that, and it was different but it was also the same. 'So Cold the River,' I knew, was going to be really different, and that's why I thought about doing it as a novella under a pseudonym, because I didn't want to damage my career.”

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

“What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what I love about writing is that journey of discovery where it's all new to me as well.”

“The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.”

“The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.”

“You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.”