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

Michael Connelly

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" A good day to me is writing from 6 A.M. 'til noon with a break to take my daughter to school. After lunch, if I still feel the momentum, I'll hit it again. "

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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. "

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" When I was at a newspaper, I knew what an opportunity that was, and I religiously protected my time on the cop beat. "

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

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" I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one. "

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" The characters I write about are very internal. "

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

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" I want people to think I'm a creative genius. "

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" I admit my reading time is limited because I can write in the situations and places where people usually read. But reading is the fuel - it's inspiring - so I try to keep the tank full. What happens most of the time is I binge read. I will put aside a day or two to do nothing but read. "

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" I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system. "

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" 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. "

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" 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 it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it. "

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

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

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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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" I'm just going to write the best books I can. "

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

Michael Connelly

" I like stories about people who have to go into darkness for a good reason and then have to figure out how to deal with the darkness that seeps into their souls. "

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" I think the best way to sell a made-up character is to plant his feet into the real earth. "

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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 get into this unfortunate thing when I'm touring for my books. I was in Spain, and the media asked me, 'Who's your favorite Spanish mystery writer?' I'm totally flat-footed. I feel that I'm under-read when it comes to foreign writers. "

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" I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. "

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" You have to write about what scares you. "

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" That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors! "

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