Michael Connelly

“A case is like a puzzle. It's a bunch of pieces, and you have to put them together.”

“For every man there is a Siren song.”

“Los Angeles is the star of all my books.”

“Everybody counts or nobody counts.”

“Life's a fight. It's a good fight.”

“There is no client as scary as an innocent man.”

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

“Some people get a feeling about a case. It's a gut feeling, a sixth sense. I don't have that. I just have the facts.”

“Don't worry about the stuff you can't control.”

“You can't have a hero without a villain.”

“A city is a living organism, and a police department is its immune system.”

“The secret to writing is writing. The secret to finishing a novel is finishing a novel.”

“You either write or you don't. There's no trying.”

“The truth of the matter is that for all the drive and work, I am standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“What's the difference between a hero and a coward? What's the difference between being yellow and being brave? No difference. Only what you do.”