Michael Connelly Quotes - Page 3

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an array of mystery and a fleet of colorful characters spanning four centuries. This is a great summer read!

  Michael Connelly

  Summer, Character, Adventure

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• Maybe it has something to do with being a reporter for a long time that I don't look to newspapers and television and so forth for inspiration most of the time.

  Michael Connelly

  Inspiration, Long, Looks

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

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• 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.

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• I saw a sneak preview of Jack Reacher and give two thumbs up to Tom Cruise. He did a great job with the role.

  Michael Connelly

  Jobs, Thumbs Up, Two

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• 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.

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• Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years.

  Michael Connelly

  Heart, Years, Paper

  "Seeking thrills in the newsroom". Interview with Chris Talbott, lancasteronline.com. July 4, 2009.

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• 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

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• I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.

  Michael Connelly

  Missing, Enough

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• I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, Thinking, And Love

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• I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, Justice, Police

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• I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes.

  Michael Connelly

  Beach, Real, Serial Killer

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• 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

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• I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, Thinking, Way

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• Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing.

  Michael Connelly

  Memories, Writing, Office

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• 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.

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• The characters I write about are very internal.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, Character, Internals

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

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• 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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• I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there? Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me. I didn't want to tell people what to do.

  Michael Connelly

  Teenager, Thinking, Eight

  "Michael Connelly on Writing for Men". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 25, 2013.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, World, Way

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• Can't complain because nobody listens.

  Michael Connelly

  Complaining

  Michael Connelly (2001). “A Darkness More Than Night”

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• I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

  Michael Connelly

  Believe, Thinking, Quality

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