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Michael Connelly Quotes

Michael Connelly quotes

American Author July 21, 1956

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I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. Michael Connelly
Well, did he do it?"She always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms of the strategy of the case whether the defendant "did it" or not. What mattered was the evidence against him -- the proof -- and if and how it could be neutralized. My job was to bury the proof, to color the proof a shade of gray. Gray was the color of reasonable doubt. Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly quote: "I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been..."
I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. Michael Connelly
I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes. Michael Connelly
There is nothing like the start of a season, before all the one-run losses, pitching breakdowns and missed opportunities. Before reality sets in. Michael Connelly
I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have the access I used to. Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly quote: "I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing..."
I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. Michael Connelly
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. Michael Connelly
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
I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about - police and criminals, the criminal justice system. Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly quote: "She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you..."
She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.... Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly quote: "I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same..."
I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses. Michael Connelly
Hidden Highlands was maybe a little richer but not that different from many of the other small, wealthy and scared enclaves nestled in the hills and valleys around Los Angeles. Walls and gates, guardhouses and private security forces were the secret ingredients of the so-called melting pot of southern California. Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly quote: "I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough."
I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough. Michael Connelly
...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character. Michael Connelly

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