I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.

I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business.

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters.

The setting sun burned the sky pink and orange in the same bright hues as surfers' bathing suits. It was beautiful deception, Bosch thought, as he drove north on the Hollywood Freeway to home. Sunsets did that here. Made you forget it was the smog that made their colors so brilliant, that behind every pretty picture there could be an ugly story.

Momentum was momentum, whether you found it in music or on the street or in the beat of your own heart.

What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?

Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.