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title: "4 Detective Quotes By Michael Connelly"
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> [The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/the-best-crime-novels-are-not-about-how-a-detective-works-on-a-case/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [“I am still angry, Detective Bosch”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-am-still-angry-detective-bosch/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [I never write thinking, 'What would a woman do?' any more than I think, 'What would a man do?' It comes down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-never-write-thinking-what-would-a-woman-do-any-more-than-i-think/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/when-you-re-a-detective-on-the-midnight-shift-you-don-t-have-a/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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## Other authors on Detective

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## More by Michael Connelly

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/it-s-about-being-fair-it-s-about-black-lives-matter-yes-they-matter/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/someone-s-coming-terry-mccaleb-looked-at-his-wife-and-then-followed/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-love-movies-movies-have-influenced-me-as-a-writer/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“There is no end of things in the heart. Somebody once told me that. She said it came from a poem she believed in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/there-is-no-end-of-things-in-the-heart-somebody-once-told-me-that-she/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [I chose deliberately for Harry Bosch to age chronologically with the books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-chose-deliberately-for-harry-bosch-to-age-chronologically-with-the/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“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,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/are-you-okay-he-asked-i-m-fine-yeah-she-said-she-wiped-tears-off-her/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“At the bottom of the hill, after Boston College, the route passes St. Ignatius Church on the right. It was here that textile worker…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/at-the-bottom-of-the-hill-after-boston-college-the-route-passes-st/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/he-said-no-he-said-in-very-fine-english-i-buy-i-don-t-sell-then-he/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“Living in L.A. sometimes felt like you were riding shotgun with the devil to the apocalypse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/living-in-l-a-sometimes-felt-like-you-were-riding-shotgun-with-the/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“The paying jobs were few and she was often taken advantage of by the leeches who were part of the entertainment industry. But she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/the-paying-jobs-were-few-and-she-was-often-taken-advantage-of-by-the/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/lean-in-invade-that-foot-and-a-half-that-is-all-theirs-their-own/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-have-a-large-collection-of-biographies-about-jazz-musicians/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [I was fired as an actor on 'Bosch.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-was-fired-as-an-actor-on-bosch/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/maybe-it-has-something-to-do-with-being-a-reporter-for-a-long-time/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

> [I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-was-enamored-of-detectives-as-a-teenager-i-liked-what-they-did/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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