Michael Connelly Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 21, 1956

Topics

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If you've been around as long as I have, watching the literary scene, then you know that who's in and who's out changes by the year. It's really a very fluid situation that requires that the person who is having the good luck now isn't having it a year or two from now.

Jennifer Egan

GoodLuckGood LuckYearLongYou

For most of my films, I've had to go out and start shooting before I could get the rest of the funding. That was the case with 'Hoop Dreams,' 'Stevie' and 'The Interrupters:' We started them quietly out of Kartemquin Films, only really going to funders once we had something to show and a firm idea of what the film might be.

Steve James

DreamsStartRestGoOutShooting

I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first lines when I was 4. And then I finished school, and I went to USC for their BFA program in acting.

Troian Bellisario

SchoolBabyActingFirstSomething

I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

Tommy Franks

AmericaQuestionBeginUnitedIntent

I've been around the world seven times, been stabbed three times, been down in an airplane, and once dated the Bearded Lady.

Roddy Piper

WorldAirplaneLadyDownThreeBeen

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all considered, one would not normally choose to go. But we go where the business is.

Dick Cheney

GoodBusinessChooseGoPlacesOil

The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

Doug Liman

EndUpMakeMovieAspired

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.

Chris Colfer

Growing UpSmallGaySmall TownKind

Women need each other. Be there for each other, and don't feel threatened.

Christina Milian

WomenFeelNeedThreatenedOther

You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and the beauty of the Lions is that all those characters are moulded into it. I find that exciting.

Brian O'Driscoll

BeautyIdeasYouFindGoDifferent

For every manager, it is important to explain your ideas. It's very important the club understand those ideas and are ready to work together.

Antonio Conte

WorkTogetherIdeasReadyUnderstand

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Winston Churchill

PeopleWorldThinkNever ForgetKind

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