I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I hate people thinking their city is unique, but there is a certain aura about Los Angeles; it's not necessarily a beautiful… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. — 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
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
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 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
I never write thinking, 'What would a woman do?' any more than I think, 'What would a man do?' It comes down… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. — 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
