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Michael Connelly Quotes

American - Author | July 21, 1956 -

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.

Michael Connelly

Character Think Way Would Reporter

The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best.

Michael Connelly

Best Books Were Sold Fastest

My experience as a newspaper reporter was invaluable in terms of getting me to the kind of writing I do now. It gave me a work ethic of writing every day and pushing through difficult creative times. I mean, there's no writer's block allowed in a newsroom.

Michael Connelly

Work Experience Day Creative Me

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

Michael Connelly

Writing Easy Journalism Over Fiction

You have to write about what scares you.

Michael Connelly

You Write About Scares

In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career.

Michael Connelly

World Lawyers Career Innocent Never

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

Michael Connelly

Yourself Feel You Connection Get

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

Michael Connelly

Power World Seeing More Going Sense

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.

Michael Connelly

Time Words Lunch Dinner World Top

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.

Michael Connelly

Hope Best Focus Book Saying Feeling

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.

Michael Connelly

Day Start Momentum Dark Editing Up

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

Michael Connelly

Police Woman Bureaucracy Faces Like

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