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The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.
Andrew Vachss
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Andrew Vachss
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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Andrew Henry Vachss
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Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
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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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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
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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.
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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 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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Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.
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I think people should be consumers of journalism.
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The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be.
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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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A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
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When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
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I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
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Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.
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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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He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.
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Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions.
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Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
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