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My life is triage. — Andrew Vachss

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

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. — Andrew Vachss

It isn't much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. — Andrew Vachss

From the very second that two people sat together around a fire in the forest, there was another human out there who felt better in the dark. — Andrew Vachss

The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. — Andrew Vachss

People won't let you live the way you want to, but if you're strong enough or quick enough, at least you don't have to live the way they want you to. — Andrew Vachss

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one. — Andrew Vachss

Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer. — Andrew Vachss

People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time. — Andrew Vachss

Stealing to eat ain't criminal - stealing to be rich is. — Andrew Vachss

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

I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare. — Andrew Vachss

I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure. — Andrew Vachss

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

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change. — Andrew Vachss

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior. — Andrew Vachss

My stuff isn't for everyone. — Andrew Vachss

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle. — Andrew Vachss

Information is the hardest currency. — Andrew Vachss

Take some pleasure from telling him no. My guess was that she worked for the landlord, not — Andrew Vachss

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. — Andrew Vachss

A dog is like a person - he needs a job and a family to be what he's meant to be. — Andrew Vachss

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. — Andrew Vachss

I think people should be consumers of journalism. — Andrew Vachss

Lawyers for abused kids can challenge bad agency decisions because they can always bring a lawsuit. A volunteer cannot.#barahona — Andrew Vachss

I don't take advances for my books. — Andrew Vachss

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps. — Andrew Vachss

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

The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy. — Andrew Vachss

I didn't start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure. — Andrew Vachss

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

The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote. — Andrew Vachss

Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions. — Andrew Vachss

It's the family you choose that counts. — Andrew Vachss

Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have. — Andrew Vachss

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

Pervasive abuse and neglect of children is a greater danger to our species than cocaine and Communism combined. — Andrew Vachss

Life is a fight, but not everyone's a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species. — Andrew Vachss

The goal of a true family is not that their children follow in their footsteps, but that their children surpass them in all ways. — Andrew Vachss

Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take. — Andrew Vachss

A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press. — Andrew Vachss

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss

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

I wanted to ask her what the fuck was wrong but I had a date with a pack of skittish whores. — Andrew Vachss

I don't sign contracts for my books. — Andrew Vachss

I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them. — Andrew Vachss

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

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness. — Andrew Vachss

Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball. — Andrew Vachss

Roots are nice, but a tree can't run. — Andrew Vachss

People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left. — Andrew Vachss

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available. — Andrew Vachss

The ferret, hunting,
eyes on the ground,
never hears footsteps
of the hawk — Andrew Vachss

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry ... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. — Andrew Vachss

I have learned that a man who counts himself a shepherd is not worthy to be a member of a flock. — Andrew Vachss

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

The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass
gets trampled. — Andrew Vachss

A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status. — Andrew Vachss

I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection. — Andrew Vachss

Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail. — Andrew Vachss

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump. — Andrew Vachss

The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be. — Andrew Vachss

Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species. — Andrew Vachss

If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard. — Andrew Vachss