 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. |
| The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. |
| My life is triage. |
| 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. |
| A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. |
| I think people should be consumers of journalism. |
| Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. |
| I don't sign contracts for my books. |
| Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist. |
| Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. |
| 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. |
| No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist. |
| The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. |
| I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. |
| Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. |
| I don't take advances for my books. |
