408 Quotes by Michael Connelly

I knew as I was writing ""City of Bones"" that this had to be the end of him as a cop and possibly even a character. But the bottom-line feeling when I was finished with that novel was that there was more I could do with Harry, things that would keep me plugged in and interested.

I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.

I may sound facetious but I really think these stories are all interrelated and therefore really only one series.

I don't profess to be an expert. I know what I like. I never saw Miles Davis, but wish I had. I'd like to see him, Coltrane and Art Pepper playing at the Hollywood Bowl.

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

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

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

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.

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.