Michael Connelly Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Thinking

• I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply by happenstance. When that happens you don't really want to change anything, even if you could. Editorially my regrets are few and for the most part minor. I look back on my first published book and think I held on to it too long, babied it too long.

  Michael Connelly

  Change, Regret, Book

• To write more from memory and to be more creative - I think - because I am still writing about Los Angeles but I can't walk out my door and immediately drive to places I am writing about. So I think it has been a very good change for me after 11 books to start writing this way.

  Michael Connelly

  Change, Memories, Book

• I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.

  Michael Connelly

  Mistake, Book, Writing

• I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.

  Michael Connelly

  Believe, Book, Thinking

• When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.

  Michael Connelly

  Teenager, Book, Fiction

  "Michael Connelly on Bosch and His Part in the McConaissance". Interview with Bruce Fretts, www.esquire.com. February 11, 2015.

• The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and stick this guy in. Well, he has to be as new as the plot every time.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Thinking

  "Crime writer Michael Connelly". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. December 7, 2012.

• I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Thinking

• I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Michael Connelly on the Book He Had To Stop Writing". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.bookish.com. February 4, 2013.

• The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel. This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Unique, Crime Novels

• I'm not 'Mr. No-By-The-Book.' I just want to make sure the character is by the book.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Want

  "Michael Connelly on the ‘Hyper Accuracy’ of ‘Bosch’ Season 2, and Earning Cable-Like Ratings on Amazon". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2016.

• When I am so intensely involved with writing my books I don't like to reread them.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Involved

  "Michael Connelly on the ‘Hyper Accuracy’ of ‘Bosch’ Season 2, and Earning Cable-Like Ratings on Amazon". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2016.

• I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Hollywood

  "Q&A With Author Michael Connelly". Interview with Austin O'Connor, www.aarp.org. March 9, 2011.

• A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours and then maybe come back to the book to finish the day for a few more hours of it.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Good Day

  "Michael Connelly Talks about his New Series (and his Brand New Character)". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. July 17, 2017.

• I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Hands, People

  "Q&A With Author Michael Connelly". Interview with Austin O'Connor, www.aarp.org. March 9, 2011.

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