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" Artists are supposed to stay hungry. "
Michael Connelly
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" I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is I like to build images and be a creative reader, and so I write that way. "
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" I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. "
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" The characters I write about are very internal. "
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" I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate. "
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" We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control. "
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" I chose deliberately for Harry Bosch to age chronologically with the books. "
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" As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had created another character - but I'll throw out Will Graham, the protagonist in 'Red Dragon,' a book I've read several times. "
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" What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. "
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" The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best. "
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" I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians. "
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" I write my books never thinking of an actor. "
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" I want people to think I'm a creative genius. "
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" When I was in college, there were dollar movie nights. I went to see 'The Long Goodbye,' which was based on one of Chandler's books but was contemporary and set in Los Angeles in 1973. I loved the movie, which motivated me to read the book. "
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" When I write about places in L.A. - like where the best taco truck is or something - it's not about L.A. To me, it's about Harry Bosch, because he's the guy that does these things and has this experience. "
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" Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that. "
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Craft
Many
" I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. "
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Book
Moment
" In 1995, I sold the rights to Harry Bosch to Paramount. They had several screenplays written, but a movie never happened. Harry Bosch went on the shelf, and I had to wait 15 years to get him back. "
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Him
Back
Wait
" I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came from. I just know County Cork. "
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Know
Irish
Ancestors
" The LAPD, like most police departments, is a male-dominated bureaucracy. A woman faces a lot of pushback. "
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Woman
Most
Police
" 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 the philosophy of Harry Bosch, we'd have less of these situations happening. "
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Matter
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" I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books. "
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Free
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" As a former reporter, I wrote 'The Scarecrow' quickly - I didn't have to think about what the character would do the way I do with Harry Bosch. "
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" Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me. "
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" I get up to write while it's still dark, 5 or 5:30. I start by editing and rewriting everything I did the day before, and that gives some momentum for the day. "
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Start
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Day
" We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer. "
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Law
Government
" Writing a screenplay is so spare, it kind of reminded me that I really should celebrate what I can do in a book, which is description: for example, places, people, locations. "
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" I got lucky, and the first book, 'The Black Echo,' got published. "
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First
Echo
Lucky
" There is a prevailing school of thought that something good must take time, sometimes years to create and hone. I have always felt that the books I have written fastest have been my best - because I caught an unstoppable momentum in the writing. "
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Writing
Time
" I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. "
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