Michael Connelly

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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Deep in my heart it still feels like I'm a journalist even though I haven't worked for a paper and carried a press pass for 14 years. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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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. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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

— Michael Connelly

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I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love. ↗

— Michael Connelly

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

— Michael Connelly

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