Words matter. These are the best Andrew Vachss Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.
Journalism is what maintains democracy. It’s the force for progressive social change.
Without question, I’ve either got to be a writer, or I fail.
All children are born pure egoists. They perceive their needs to the exclusion of all others. Only through socialization do they learn that some forms of gratification must be deferred and others denied.
A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners.
I didn’t start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure.
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.
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.
I don’t sign contracts for my books.
I hate bullies. I hate them. I’m not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.
Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry… because, in America, we act on our collective anger.
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
The idea that you’re not a writer until you’re published is a lie.
If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn’t write anymore. How could I?
There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.
Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.
My life is triage.
I’m in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.
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.
