The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think it's pretty apparent who my favorites are because I keep coming back to them. At the top of that list… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
There is a prevailing school of thought that something good must take time, sometimes years to create and hone. I have always… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The three books I've written in Florida about L.A. are my best takes on the physicality of the city, as far as… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
My favorite is 'The Last Coyote.' I'm not saying that's the best book I've written; I hope I haven't written my best… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think the best way to sell a made-up character is to plant his feet into the real earth. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
When I write about places in L.A. - like where the best taco truck is or something - it's not about L.A.… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
It's about being fair. It's about Black Lives Matter. Yes, they matter. Everybody counts or nobody counts, and I think if more cops had… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Someone’s coming.” Terry McCaleb looked at his wife and then followed her eyes down to the winding road below. He could see the golf… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“There is no end of things in the heart. Somebody once told me that. She said it came from a poem she believed in.… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I chose deliberately for Harry Bosch to age chronologically with the books. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Are you okay?” he asked. “I’m fine, yeah,” she said. She wiped tears off her cheeks. “Somebody who totally fucked me over died today,”… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“At the bottom of the hill, after Boston College, the route passes St. Ignatius Church on the right. It was here that textile worker… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“He said no. He said, in very fine English, ‘I buy, I don’t sell.’ Then he escorted me out. But I think that was… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Living in L.A. sometimes felt like you were riding shotgun with the devil to the apocalypse.” — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“The paying jobs were few and she was often taken advantage of by the leeches who were part of the entertainment industry. But she… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“Lean in, invade that foot and a half that is all theirs, their own space. Lean back when you get what you want. It’s… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
