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" I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians. "

Michael Connelly

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" A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs. "

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, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change. "

Michael Connelly

" The criminal defense attorney is misunderstood if not despised by most of society. It doesn't matter if we believe in our adversarial system and the ideal that everyone charged with a crime is entitled to a vigorous defense. Ideals give away to reality - defense lawyers working loopholes and angles to get their clients off. "

Michael Connelly

" I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. "

Michael Connelly

" I used to tape over the top corner of my computer screen so I couldn't see what time it was. I like the idea that I'm just with the words and not knowing what's going on with the world, when it's lunch or dinner. "

Michael Connelly

" As a writer, you look for inspiration wherever you can get it. "

Michael Connelly

" I write puzzles and mysteries. Nothing too highfalutin. "

Michael Connelly

" It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific. "

Michael Connelly

" I've always thought of L.A. as the modern version of 'The Garden of Earthly Delights.' "

Michael Connelly

" I connect to the tradition of Irish storytelling. And I think there is something - I can't put my finger on it - something genetic there. Maybe just a need to tell stories. "

Michael Connelly

" I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. "

Michael Connelly

" A movie is like a city. There's, like, 150 people working, and it's all because of something that came out of your head. "

Michael Connelly

" I was fired as an actor on 'Bosch.' "

Michael Connelly

" I was a police reporter, so I got into the worlds that I write about, and I think many of the details in my books come from those days. "

Michael Connelly

" I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh, and Sue Grafton. "

Michael Connelly

" I got lucky, and the first book, 'The Black Echo,' got published. "

Michael Connelly

" L.A. is a long shot city, and those who make that shot - you can tell. You can see very clearly who's made it and who hasn't. "

Michael Connelly

" 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. "

Michael Connelly

" I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. "

Michael Connelly

" I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer. "

Michael Connelly

" I hate people thinking their city is unique, but there is a certain aura about Los Angeles; it's not necessarily a beautiful thing, but it's part of Harry Bosch. "

Michael Connelly

" 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. "

Michael Connelly

" I mostly read on airplanes and right before sleep. "

Michael Connelly

" 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. "

Michael Connelly

" We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control. "

Michael Connelly

" In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career. "

Michael Connelly

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

Michael Connelly

" I never write thinking, 'What would a woman do?' any more than I think, 'What would a man do?' It comes down to what would a solid detective do in these circumstances. "

Michael Connelly

" My whole reputation and creative thought as a novelist is really wrapped around Harry Bosch, so he's near and dear. "

Michael Connelly

" Ross McDonald had a greater influence on me than any other writer. His style of writing, the repeated theme of the past coming out to grab somebody, that's very attractive to me as a reader and, now, as a writer. "

Michael Connelly