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You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.
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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How I work is that I write a story I'd like to read. Then you fly to Paris or Sydney and the interviewers talk about the greater significance of your work.
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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'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work.
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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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