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" I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. "

Michael Connelly

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" One of the great things about fiction is you can use an issue and describe it in human terms. "

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" What brought me to the table was Raymond Chandler and, to a lesser degree, Ross Macdonald and Dashiell Hammett. I was basically inspired to want to write like the classic private-eye writers. "

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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 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. "

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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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" 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'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer. "

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

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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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" Artists are supposed to stay hungry. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Keeping your head down and just writing is only part of the equation, so I surround myself with smart people to help sell my books. "

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" You have to write about what scares you. "

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

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

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" The characters I write about are very internal. "

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

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" When I write about Mickey Haller as the Lincoln lawyer, I totally see Matthew McConaughey because he took that character when that character was still fairly new to me - only two or three years old - when I knew McConaughey was going to play him. He's also the same age, the right age, in comparison to the book. "

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

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" I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that connects the reader to this person you're going to ride through the story with. "

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