Michael Connelly Quotes

I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people.

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

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

The characters I write about are very internal.

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.

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.

I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

Ingeniously plotted and executed, Print the Legend is an epic masterpiece from Craig McDonald. Beginning to end, I was riveted by this story of character, history and intrigue.

I saw a sneak preview of Jack Reacher and give two thumbs up to Tom Cruise. He did a great job with the role.

No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.

The rich kept you waiting so you could feel free to admire all that they had.

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three

That's justice, " she said, nodding at the statue. "She doesn't hear you. She doesn't see you. She can't feel you and won't speak to you. Justice, Detective Bosch, is just a concrete blonde.

All his life Bosch had lived and worked in society’s institutions. But he hope he had escaped institutional thinking, that he made his own decisions.

Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?

You don’t like what you see out your window, you put up a wall.

He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company

I'm relaxed, Belk. I call it Zen and the art of not giving a shit.

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.")