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" The three books I've written in Florida about L.A. are my best takes on the physicality of the city, as far as description goes. "

Michael Connelly

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

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

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

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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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" I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. "

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" What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" My grandparents were all born in the U.S., but their parents came from Ireland. "

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

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

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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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" With age comes a greater understanding and a greater worldview. "

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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 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 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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" In writing on the page, you can be a bit elliptical, but on TV, you can't dance around stuff. You either show it, or you don't. "

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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 chose deliberately for Harry Bosch to age chronologically with the books. "

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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 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'd be lying if I said the success means nothing to me. It does. I enjoy it and live a pretty great life. "

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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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