A movie is like a city. There's, like, 150 people working, and it's all because of something that came out of your head.
All my writing is fun, and that makes it hard to slow down or walk away.
Artists are supposed to stay hungry.
As a reporter, you develop an ear for dialogue because it's your job to capture it accurately.
As a writer, you look for inspiration wherever you can get it.
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.
Eight to ten years in a patrol car? I didn't have that in me.
Every time I visit Brisbane, I think, 'This is my childhood.'
I can't say I'm an expert on public transport.
I chose deliberately for Harry Bosch to age chronologically with the books.
I don't think anyone will believe me, but I've never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book.
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.
I got lucky, and the first book, 'The Black Echo,' got published.
I have a large collection of biographies about jazz musicians.
I have high hopes for Renee Ballard's literary life, and it can't start out better than the top of 'USA TODAY''s best-seller list.
Many writers learned their craft and work ethic at a newspaper. I benefited from that.
The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best.
That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism the easy metaphors!
You have to write about what scares you.
In the real world, some defense lawyers never have an innocent client in their whole career.
To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.
In the TV world, we are seeing a lot more power going to the writer. I sense it is a writer's medium.
The LAPD, like most police departments, is a male-dominated bureaucracy. A woman faces a lot of pushback.
I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one.
I think the best way to sell a made-up character is to plant his feet into the real earth.
I want to tell stories that reflect how people are feeling.
People like the Bosch books because they like Harry Bosch, not because the plots are fantastic.
When I am so intensely involved with writing my books, I don't like to reread them. I feel like that story is done.
I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.
