As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately. Michael Connelly More Quotes by Michael Connelly More Quotes From Michael Connelly I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. Michael Connelly qualitybelievethinking We're all seeking order. We're all seeking control. Michael Connelly seekingorder 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. Michael Connelly mistakewritingbook There is nothing like the start of a season, before all the one-run losses, pitching breakdowns and missed opportunities. Before reality sets in. Michael Connelly lossopportunityrunning You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals. Michael Connelly falling-in-lovemaking-lovenames I view people two ways. They're either eye-for-an-eye people or they are turn-the-cheek people. Michael Connelly eyeviewstwo You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again. Michael Connelly ballsdustgames There were a billion lights out there on the horizon and I knew that all of them put together weren't enough to light the darkness in the hearts of some men. Michael Connelly lightheartmen Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart. Michael Connelly momentummusicheart As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn. Michael Connelly beatsanchorsmusic There is no end of things in the heart. ...she understood it to mean that if you took something to heart, really brought it inside those red velvet folds, then it would always be there for you. No matter what happened, it would be there waiting. She said this could mean a person, a place, a dream. A mission. Anything sacred. She told me that it is all connected in those secret folds. Always. It is all part of the same and will always be there, carrying the same beat as your heart. Michael Connelly dreamheartmean It’s lucky no one else knows what our most secret thoughts are. We’d all be seen for the cunning, self-aggrandizing fools we are. Michael Connelly luckyselfsecret The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work. Michael Connelly darknessinspirelooks 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 paperheartyears I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes. Michael Connelly serial-killerrealbeach 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. Michael Connelly policejusticewriting 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. Michael Connelly writingbookthinking 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 and-lovewritingthinking I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough. Michael Connelly enoughmissing In the long run, all wrongs are righted, every minus is equalized with a plus, the columns are totaled and the totals are found correct. But that's in the long run. We must live in the short run and matters are often unjust there. The compensating for us of the universe makes all the accounts come out even, but they grind down the good as well as the wicked in the process. Michael Connelly wickedrunninglong
