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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

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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
Actor
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Chronicler
Crime Writer
Film Producer
Journalist
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Screenwriter
Television Producer
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Philadelphia
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.
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The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
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I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there? Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me. I didn't want to tell people what to do.
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I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work.
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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.
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Maybe it has something to do with being a reporter for a long time that I don't look to newspapers and television and so forth for inspiration most of the time.
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As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.
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The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and explore what you want to explore. In some ways it gives you a lot of freedom because you have a framework readers are looking for.
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