Quotes by Andrew Vachss

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

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  Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

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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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  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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  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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  Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

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

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

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  Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.

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