Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss
Andrew Henry Vachssis an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 October 1942
CountryUnited States of America
father son men
Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if there is only one man, then that man must stand alone." ~Thomas to Bruce Wayne
greed criminals rich
Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.
fear eye looks
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.
fighting elephants middle
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
facts max fiction
Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.
people pushing fabric
People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
two missing remember
Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
parent sacred maintaining
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
faith believe years
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.
giving-up people ugly
People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.
lace balls bowling
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
hero evil people
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.
dark two fire
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.
wall writing use
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.