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- Books
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't take advances for my books.
- Contracts
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't sign contracts for my books.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people should be consumers of journalism.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
- Ball
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- Nov 07, 2020
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
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
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Courier 12 is the Type-O blood of fonts - works just as good for a 'N.Y. Times' op-ed as a screenplay or a short story.
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
- Commonly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail.
- Nov 07, 2020
A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.
- Nov 07, 2020