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
two missing remember
Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
kids bmw people
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.
father son men
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
camouflage predator weakness
When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.
children doe politician
No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
mean would-be cop
Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.
giving-up people ugly
People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.
mean presses free-press
A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
fighting elephants middle
The worst place to be is in the middle. When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.
dog thinking should-have
The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.
hero people journalism
Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.
ideas knowing people
I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.
running nice roots
Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.
people pushing fabric
People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.