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I don't sign contracts for my books.

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Information is the hardest currency.
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People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
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If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard.
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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.
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