Andrew Vachss

(18 votes)   I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

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(10 votes)   The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.

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(9 votes)   The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

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(15 votes)   A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

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(12 votes)   Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

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(12 votes)   I don't take advances for my books.

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(12 votes)   No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.

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(12 votes)   The idea that you are a writer because you're published is also a lie.

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(11 votes)   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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(11 votes)   I think people should be consumers of journalism.

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(11 votes)   Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

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(11 votes)   My life is triage.

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(10 votes)   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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(10 votes)   People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.

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(8 votes)   We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species.

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