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It’s lucky no one else knows what our most secret thoughts are. We’d all be seen for the cunning, self-aggrandizing fools we are.
Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.
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The writing ethic was influenced - when you have to write every day, there's no such thing as writer's block.
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I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.
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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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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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I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.
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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.
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You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.
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A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours and then maybe come back to the book to finish the day for a few more hours of it.
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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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Everybody counts or nobody counts
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What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?
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