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

Michael Connelly

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" In 'Blood Work,' they made choices I wouldn't have made, but I'm not a filmmaker. I took the money, and they told the story. "

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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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" Write every day even if it is just a paragraph. "

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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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" 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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" Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing. "

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" My favorite is 'The Last Coyote.' I'm not saying that's the best book I've written; I hope I haven't written my best book yet, but that one was the first book I wrote as a full-time author, with my full-time focus. I have a nostalgic feeling about it. "

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

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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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" 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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" Being a journalist always makes you a quick study of wherever you're at. You're out all the time and seeing places that normally you wouldn't get to see. It gives you an unusual level of insight into any place. "

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" I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. "

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" When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. I was not interested in reading 'The Glass Key' or 'The Maltese Falcon' - stuff that was 40 or 50 years old. "

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" I write my books never thinking of an actor. "

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" As a former reporter, I wrote 'The Scarecrow' quickly - I didn't have to think about what the character would do the way I do with Harry Bosch. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate. "

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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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