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Michael Connelly Quotes
«We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«I would change very little because I have been very, very fortunate. A lot of things fell into place for me simply by happenstance. When that happens you don't really want to change anything, even if you could. Editorially my regrets are few and for the most part minor. I look back on my first published book and think I held on to it too long, babied it too long.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«The Lincoln Lawyer»
Author: Michael Connelly
«David Morrell is a master of suspense. He wields it like a stiletto - knows just where to stick it and how to turn it. If you're reading Morrell, you're sitting on the edge of your seat.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«When you surf, the ultimate goal is to get into a pipeline where the water circles around you and that's all there is. In writing, it's the same thing. You want to get into this pipeline where the story is circling around you and that's all there is. That is writing nirvana to me.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«When I started reading novels that really charged me or did something to me, that's when I started thinking that maybe I would like to build stories instead of houses.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«What I do now is I write fiction. I ground my fiction in the reality of a place called Los Angeles.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«Harry Bosch is a amalgamation of many characters I met on the [Los Angeles] police scene. There's a lot of truth in my fiction.»
Author: Michael Connelly
«It's a measure of how complicated the world has gotten since 9-11, when thousands were wiped out. Just because statistics tell us that violent crime is actually down, that doesn't mean that people aren't scared.»
Author: Michael Connelly