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" I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure. "

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" I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family. "

" Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist. "

" I think people should be consumers of journalism. "

" In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard. "

" People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time. "

" We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species. "

" Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. "

" While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice. "

" If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I? "

" A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners. "

" Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. "

" I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them. "

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" I don't sign contracts for my books. "

" The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. "

" Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody. "

" My life is triage. "

" I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure. "

" I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance. "

" The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. "

" A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. "

" I don't take advances for my books. "

" I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. "

" All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied. "

" No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist. "