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

Michael Connelly

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" The LAPD, like most police departments, is a male-dominated bureaucracy. A woman faces a lot of pushback. "

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" My history is that I will create a character, and they will have a book to themselves, and then I'll integrate the character into the larger world of all my books. "

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" Artists are supposed to stay hungry. "

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

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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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" I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. "

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" I wanted to learn about the worlds I wanted to write about in fiction. "

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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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" I watched 'Kojak' religiously with my father. It was a great bonding time. He loved shows where the stakes were high. Life and death, justice prevailing, things like that. I think that helped set me on the path to what I do now. "

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" I could not have been happier with 'The Lincoln Lawyer.' They got the essence, and the casting, starting with McConaughey, was just perfect. "

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" 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. "

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" In the TV world, we are seeing a lot more power going to the writer. I sense it is a writer's medium. "

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" That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. "

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