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

Michael Connelly

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

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" When I was in college, there were dollar movie nights. I went to see 'The Long Goodbye,' which was based on one of Chandler's books but was contemporary and set in Los Angeles in 1973. I loved the movie, which motivated me to read the book. "

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" I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked. "

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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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" Every time I visit Brisbane, I think, 'This is my childhood.' "

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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 write my books never thinking of an actor. "

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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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" I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is I like to build images and be a creative reader, and so I write that way. "

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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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" I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came from. I just know County Cork. "

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

Michael Connelly

" You know that song, 'New York, New York?' If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere? That's kind of like L.A. "

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" The characters I write about are very internal. "

Michael Connelly

" I write puzzles and mysteries. Nothing too highfalutin. "

Michael Connelly

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

Michael Connelly

" 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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" Artists are supposed to stay hungry. "

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

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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

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

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" I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians. "

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" As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately. "

Michael Connelly

" When I write about places in L.A. - like where the best taco truck is or something - it's not about L.A. To me, it's about Harry Bosch, because he's the guy that does these things and has this experience. "

Michael Connelly

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

Michael Connelly

" To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself. "

Michael Connelly

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

Michael Connelly

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

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