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I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.
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'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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Don't go growing a conscience on me, I said. I've been down that road. It doesn't lead you to anything good.
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There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.
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