Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Michael Connelly Quotes: When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.
         

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.


Michael Connelly
Check all other quotes by Michael Connelly

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Michael Connelly Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 02 May. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/When-I-was-a-teenager-I-was-885114>.





Check out


Other quotes of Michael Connelly


There is no client as scary as an innocent man.

There is no client as scary as an innocent man.



If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?

If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?



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.

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.



You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.



You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.



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.

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.



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.

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.



There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.

There is nothing you can do about the past except keep it there.



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.

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.



Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.





Other quotes you may like


Thank you for being you, because without whom, I wouldn't be me.

Thank you for being you, because without whom, I wouldn't be me.




It is darkness that reveals the brightest stars and most ardent wishes.

It is darkness that reveals the brightest stars and most ardent wishes.



Hogwarts is threatened!” shouted Professor McGonagall. “Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!

Hogwarts is threatened!” shouted Professor McGonagall. “Man the boundaries, protect us, do your duty to our school!



The only morality in a cruel world is chance.

The only morality in a cruel world is chance.



I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.

I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work.



I don't generally like to watch myself.

I don't generally like to watch myself.



I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.

I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee-shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.



Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.

Everything is God, there is nothing else but God.



For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.". Author of this quote is Michael Connelly. This quote is about fiction, crime fiction, contemporary, reader, book, teenager,.