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I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.
Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
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Philadelphia
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.
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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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That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.
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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 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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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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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.
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