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I don't sign contracts for my books.
Andrew Vachss
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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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Information is the hardest currency.
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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
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Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.
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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.
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A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
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The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.
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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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The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.
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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.
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