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
american-author published writer
The idea that you are a writer because you're published is also a lie.
early matter
While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.
anyone fancy fine
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. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.
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Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look.
beat means wants
Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.
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All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.
describe good
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.
pulse takes tells truth
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.
internet piece prey society technology
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 its uses.
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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 biology or DNA as compelling conduct. The idea that we owe people something because we're related to them is bizarre. But the idea that we owe something because of their conduct towards us is legitimate.
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I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.
this-life dies hard
If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
bullying would-be prevention
Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.
you-choose
It's the family you choose that counts.