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

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Andrew Vachss
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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New York City
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Information is the hardest currency.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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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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