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I was a police reporter, so I...

I was a police reporter, so I got into the worlds that I write about, and I think many of the details in my books come from those days.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I think it's pretty apparent ...

I think it's pretty apparent who my favorites are because I keep coming back to them. At the top of that list would be Harry Bosch, who's now going on 20 years of literary life. I still like him the best because there's still a lot to say about him.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

My entire career writing nove...

My entire career writing novels was wrapped up around Harry Bosch. This character was too important to me to just hand off.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

The TV audience is way bigger...

The TV audience is way bigger than a book audience, and no matter what I do, I'm always thinking if this will help people read my books.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I admit my reading time is li...

I admit my reading time is limited because I can write in the situations and places where people usually read. But reading is the fuel - it's inspiring - so I try to keep the tank full. What happens most of the time is I binge read. I will put aside a day or two to do nothing but read.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I not only read Raymond Chand...

I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

As soon as I got to L.A., the...

As soon as I got to L.A., there was this big crime where these guys tunnelled underneath a bank on a three-day weekend and went right up to the vault and emptied everything out.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

When I lived in L.A. full tim...

When I lived in L.A. full time, I moved often - fourteen different neighbourhoods in sixteen years.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

The criminal defense attorney...

The criminal defense attorney is misunderstood if not despised by most of society. It doesn't matter if we believe in our adversarial system and the ideal that everyone charged with a crime is entitled to a vigorous defense. Ideals give away to reality - defense lawyers working loopholes and angles to get their clients off.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

You know that song, 'New York...

You know that song, 'New York, New York?' If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere? That's kind of like L.A.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I get into this unfortunate t...

I get into this unfortunate thing when I'm touring for my books. I was in Spain, and the media asked me, 'Who's your favorite Spanish mystery writer?' I'm totally flat-footed. I feel that I'm under-read when it comes to foreign writers.

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I first discovered Tampa in m...

I first discovered Tampa in my 20s when I met my wife, who was living there, and I instantly fell in love with the city. It's somewhere between a big city and small town, so you get the feeling of both.

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It wasn't a decision to becom...

It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I learned to write crime nove...

I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh, and Sue Grafton.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

Ross McDonald had a greater i...

Ross McDonald had a greater influence on me than any other writer. His style of writing, the repeated theme of the past coming out to grab somebody, that's very attractive to me as a reader and, now, as a writer.

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When I was in college, there ...

When I was in college, there were dollar movie nights. I went to see 'The Long Goodbye,' which was based on one of Chandler's books but was contemporary and set in Los Angeles in 1973. I loved the movie, which motivated me to read the book.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

The fulfillment I get from a ...

The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I never write thinking, 'What...

I never write thinking, 'What would a woman do?' any more than I think, 'What would a man do?' It comes down to what would a solid detective do in these circumstances.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

I think there has to be an em...

I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that connects the reader to this person you're going to ride through the story with.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

Now I'm writing about contemp...

Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing.

Michael Connelly 66 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....