We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer. Michael Connelly answerbegenforcement share on social
I'm a disciple of Raymond Chandler, who said in his essays that there's a quality of redemption in anything that can be called art. Michael Connelly artcallchandler Change image and share on social
That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. Michael Connelly badhappenirony Change image and share on social
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 backclearhead Change image and share on social
I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps. Michael Connelly experiencehelpshake Change image and share on social
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 blogcentercommunity Change image and share on social
I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change. Michael Connelly changeconsumptionhuge share on social
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 accuratefeelfiction Change image and share on social
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 bookboundaryfree share on social
The characters I write about are very internal. Michael Connelly characterinternalwrite Change image and share on social
