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" Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me. "

Michael Connelly

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" I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough. "

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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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" Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that. "

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" When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. I was not interested in reading 'The Glass Key' or 'The Maltese Falcon' - stuff that was 40 or 50 years old. "

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" My grandparents were all born in the U.S., but their parents came from Ireland. "

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