All Michael Connelly Quotes
- I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply by happenstance. When… Anything Even
- To write more from memory and to be more creative - I think - because I am still writing about Los Angeles but I can't… Angeles
- In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV… Been
- We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control. All
- I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. Always Looking
- Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately… Almost Immediately
- That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. Best
- Write every day even if it is just a paragraph. Day
- I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the… All
- The characters I write about are very internal. Character
- I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do… Book
- 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, 'News is news,… Change
- I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. Anything Written
- When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. Book
- As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately. Accurately
- I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there? Eight… Car
- I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. Art
- ...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character. Character
- In the long run, all wrongs are righted, every minus is equalized with a plus, the columns are totaled and the totals are found correct.… Accounts
- What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe. Hear
- She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.... Accept
- I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people. Cheek
- I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses. Ask
- Don't go growing a conscience on me," I said. "I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good. Anything Good
- You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick… Ball