"I’m always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps." ― Michael Connelly Topic(s): Experience More From Michael Connelly "In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier." More In Experience "I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny – partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it’s a way of laughing at it and getting a release."― Joaquin Phoenix "Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal."― Victor Hugo "Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone."― Evelyn Glennie