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
parent sacred maintaining
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
good screenplay works
Courier 12 is the Type-O blood of fonts - works just as good for a 'N.Y. Times' op-ed as a screenplay or a short story.
anyone change closer commonly fiction genre promoting social
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look.
anyone fancy fine
I don't even use italics or boldface; that's clutter, not clarity. Fancy fonts are fine for blogs, just as calligraphy is fine for diaries. But when you're writing for anyone other than yourself, you want to get as universal as possible.
early matter
While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.
anger collective country ours people
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.
If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I?
dark two fire
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.
hero evil people
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.
children enemy
Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
lace balls bowling
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
wall writing use
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.
enemy spirit vulnerable
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.