Latest Michael Connelly Quotes from Interviews

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• I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work.

  Michael Connelly

  Harsh, Critics

  "Michael Connelly Talks about his New Series (and his Brand New Character)". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. July 17, 2017.

• 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.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Good Day

  "Michael Connelly Talks about his New Series (and his Brand New Character)". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. July 17, 2017.

• When I am so intensely involved with writing my books I don't like to reread them.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Involved

  "Michael Connelly on the ‘Hyper Accuracy’ of ‘Bosch’ Season 2, and Earning Cable-Like Ratings on Amazon". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2016.

• I'm not 'Mr. No-By-The-Book.' I just want to make sure the character is by the book.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Want

  "Michael Connelly on the ‘Hyper Accuracy’ of ‘Bosch’ Season 2, and Earning Cable-Like Ratings on Amazon". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2016.

• The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and explore what you want to explore. In some ways it gives you a lot of freedom because you have a framework readers are looking for.

  Michael Connelly

  Giving, Fiction, Use

• 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.

  Michael Connelly

  Writing, Paris, Stories

• Maybe it has something to do with being a reporter for a long time that I don't look to newspapers and television and so forth for inspiration most of the time.

  Michael Connelly

  Inspiration, Long, Looks

  "Michael Connelly on the Book He Had To Stop Writing". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.bookish.com. February 4, 2013.

• I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Michael Connelly on the Book He Had To Stop Writing". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.bookish.com. February 4, 2013.

• The writing ethic was influenced - when you have to write every day, there's no such thing as writer's block.

  Michael Connelly

  Block, Writing, Ethics

  "Michael Connelly on the Book He Had To Stop Writing". Interview with Nathan Rostron, www.bookish.com. February 4, 2013.

• Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

  Michael Connelly

  Character, Plot, Fancy

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• The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and stick this guy in. Well, he has to be as new as the plot every time.

  Michael Connelly

  Book, Character, Thinking

  "Crime writer Michael Connelly". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. December 7, 2012.

• I was enamored of detectives as a teenager. I liked what they did - piecing things together, thinking about situations. But to get there? Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me. I didn't want to tell people what to do.

  Michael Connelly

  Teenager, Thinking, Eight

  "Michael Connelly on Writing for Men". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 25, 2013.

• As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.

  Michael Connelly

  Jobs, Ears, Capture

  "Michael Connelly on Writing for Men". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. November 25, 2013.

• When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.

  Michael Connelly

  Teenager, Book, Fiction

  "Michael Connelly on Bosch and His Part in the McConaissance". Interview with Bruce Fretts, www.esquire.com. February 11, 2015.