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 ConnellyIt's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road.
Michael ConnellyLos Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare. Twelve million people and all of them ready to make a break for it if necessary. Figuratively, literally, metaphorically -- any way you want to look at it -- everbody in L.A. keeps a bag packed. Just in case.
Michael Connelly