When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness. — Andrew Vachss Camouflage Copy Share Image
The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie. — Andrew Vachss Idea Copy Share Image
Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society. — Andrew Vachss Children Copy Share Image
If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I? — Andrew Vachss Angry Copy Share Image
“take some pleasure from telling him no. My guess was that she worked for the landlord, not” — Andrew Vachss Landlord Copy Share Image
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. — Andrew Vachss Fewer Copy Share Image
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status. — Andrew Vachss Becoming Copy Share Image
We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species. — Andrew Vachss Own Copy Share Image
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them. — Andrew Vachss Bullies Copy Share Image
Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take. — Andrew Vachss Enter Copy Share Image
While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice. — Andrew Vachss Childhood Copy Share Image
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. — Andrew Vachss Narrator Copy Share Image
I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile… — Andrew Vachss Abuse Copy Share Image
Be he the first to stand or the last, a man must stand," the father had told his adoring son. "And if… — Andrew Vachss Bruce wayne Copy Share Image
“A couple of buffoons were running for some state-senate seat just vacated by the incumbent's prison term. One accused the other of… — Andrew Vachss Internet Copy Share Image
Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more… — Andrew Vachss Accused Copy Share Image
Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the… — Andrew Vachss Deeper Copy Share Image
Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever… — Andrew Vachss Cop Copy Share Image
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared… — Andrew Vachss Arrogant Copy Share Image
“Perfection cannot be achieved by men," he told me. "Our highest calling is the pursuit of perfection. My haiku will be finished… — Andrew Vachss Excellence Copy Share Image
“He had the radio turned to some Spanish-language station at a volume that reminded me of the holding tank at Riker's Island… — Andrew Vachss Screamed Maricon Copy Share Image
Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They can’t step back to the other side - our side.… — Andrew Vachss Amazement Copy Share Image
“Max can’t hear or speak, but he communicates okay. He wasn’t programmed for fear—whoever rolled the genetic dice left that out too.… — Andrew Vachss Dark humor Copy Share Image
Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer. — Andrew Vachss Collins Copy Share Image
People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time. — Andrew Vachss Fabric Copy Share Image
Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a… — Andrew Vachss Flawed Copy Share Image
“the ferret, hunting, eyes on the ground, never hears footsteps of the hawk” — Andrew Vachss Ferret Copy Share Image
If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you… — Andrew Vachss Chance Copy Share Image
It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building. — Andrew Vachss Building Copy Share Image
The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be. — Andrew Vachss Accurate Copy Share Image
I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure. — Andrew Vachss Because Copy Share Image
“Lawyers for abused kids can challenge bad agency decisions because they can always bring a lawsuit. A volunteer cannot.#barahona” — Andrew Vachss Casa Copy Share Image
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