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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I think people should be consumers of journalism. "

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

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

" Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. "

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

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

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

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

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

" My life is triage. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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