10 Quotes by Michael Connelly about writing
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You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more."("The Castle")
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I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about -- police and criminals, the criminal justice system,
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Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.
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I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.
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I feel I'm functioning at some level as a journalist because even though I write fiction, I'm trying to get the world accurate.
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The characters I write about are very internal.
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I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books.
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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.
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No Way Back is my kind of novel - a tough, taut thriller - Mofina knows the world he writes about.
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