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" I have high hopes for Renee Ballard's literary life, and it can't start out better than the top of 'USA TODAY''s best-seller list. "

Michael Connelly

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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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" 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. "

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" This next to never happens, but if I had time to sit on a beach and read, I wouldn't read a cozy. But I've read cozies. That's how I got interested in crime fiction: because my mother was a soft-boiled reader. "

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" People like the Bosch books because they like Harry Bosch, not because the plots are fantastic. "

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" 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 sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier. "

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" 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. "

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" The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best. "

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" The TV audience is way bigger than a book audience, and no matter what I do, I'm always thinking if this will help people read my books. "

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

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" I first discovered Tampa in my 20s when I met my wife, who was living there, and I instantly fell in love with the city. It's somewhere between a big city and small town, so you get the feeling of both. "

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" I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love. "

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" 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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" As soon as I got to L.A., there was this big crime where these guys tunnelled underneath a bank on a three-day weekend and went right up to the vault and emptied everything out. "

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

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" As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately. "

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" I'd seen Titus Welliver in a few shows and felt he had some inner demons in his portrayals, as does Harry Bosch. "

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" When I am so intensely involved with writing my books, I don't like to reread them. I feel like that story is done. "

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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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" When you're a detective on the midnight shift, you don't have a specialty: you roll on any time they need a detective, whether it's big or small. "

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

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

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" I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked. "

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" The act of reading a story is sacred, and people build images and all that stuff. "

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" I want to tell stories that reflect how people are feeling. "

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" The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day. "

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

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" Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years. "

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