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
“You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." ( "The Castle" )” — 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 trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I got lucky, and the first book, 'The Black Echo,' got published. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
There are nineteen Harry Bosch books, and someone told me if you add up the descriptions of Harry from all of them,… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh,… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The TV audience is way bigger than a book audience, and no matter what I do, I'm always thinking if this will… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
To write more from memory and to be more creative - I think - because I am still writing about Los Angeles… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Ross McDonald had a greater influence on me than any other writer. His style of writing, the repeated theme of the past… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
When you're working on a novel, you never think about how much it would cost to shoot one of your scenes. But… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Writing a screenplay is so spare, it kind of reminded me that I really should celebrate what I can do in a… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I'm not 'Mr. No-By-The-Book.' I just want to make sure the character is by the book. — 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
