Michael Connelly Quotes

American - Author | July 21, 1956 -

I first discovered Tampa in my 20s when I met my wife, who was living there, and I instantly fell in love with the city. It's somewhere between a big city and small town, so you get the feeling of both.

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I can't say I'm an expert on public transport.

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I've crossed the Mexican border and gone to Tijuana a few times over the years, but I've never felt comfortable there.

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I have high hopes for Renee Ballard's literary life, and it can't start out better than the top of 'USA TODAY''s best-seller list.

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

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

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With age comes a greater understanding and a greater worldview.

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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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It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific.

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As a writer, you look for inspiration wherever you can get it.

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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 was fired as an actor on 'Bosch.'

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