Michael Korda

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

Michael Korda

I come from a family that was very strong, very successful, very bizarre, and terrifically exciting. Being a Korda is something I regard as special – not wonderful, or worthy of a national monument, but special.

Michael Korda

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

Michael Korda

I’m a relatively unfocused person.

Michael Korda

It’s often said that everybody has a story to tell, and I suppose that’s true, but the problem is that most of them aren’t worth telling.

Michael Korda

My books are based on observing others, not myself.

Michael Korda

No matter how peaceful a situation might seem, you could never be protected from sudden, unexpected violence that might also engulf the stranger.

Michael Korda

Nobody could emerge from a childhood at MGM unscathed.

Michael Korda

Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

Michael Korda

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn’t care.

Michael Korda