Journalism Quotes by Michael Connelly

“corruption will be the new growth industry without the papers watching.”

— Michael Connelly

That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors!

— Michael Connelly

As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.

— Michael Connelly

Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a…

— Michael Connelly

I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world…

— Michael Connelly

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to…

— Michael Connelly

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It…

— Michael Connelly

I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say,…

— Michael Connelly

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

Maybe it has something to do with being a reporter for a long time that I don't look to newspapers and television…

— Michael Connelly

I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about…

— Michael Connelly

Being a journalist always makes you a quick study of wherever you're at. You're out all the time and seeing places that…

— Michael Connelly