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My life is triage.
In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard.
My stuff isn't for everyone.
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.
Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail.
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change -... →
I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court... →
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.... →
The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked them. But I don't have any belief in... →
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... →
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