Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's read more

Children will watch anything, and when a broadcaster uses crime and violence and other shoddy devices to monopolize a child's attention, it's worse than taking candy from a baby. It is taking precious time from the process of growing up.

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much read more

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can read more

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a read more

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.