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A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.
Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
Actor
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Crime Writer
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Michael Joseph Connelly
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Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.
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I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.
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I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it.
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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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I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true.
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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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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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Everybody counts or nobody counts
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There is no client as scary as an innocent man.
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I'm not 'Mr. No-By-The-Book.' I just want to make sure the character is by the book.
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