Andrew Vachss Quotes
"No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist."
- Andrew Vachss
"People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Society, Time, People)
"The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Lie, Idea, Writer)
"The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Being, Running)
"Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Society, Children, Enemies)
"I don't take advances for my books."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Books)
"Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Change, Democracy, Force, Journalism)
"We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species."
- Andrew Vachss
"I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Perfection, Pursuit)
"A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Home, Rights, Kids)
"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."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Family, People, Joy)
"I think people should be consumers of journalism."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: People, Journalism)
"I don't sign contracts for my books."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Books)
"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."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Faith, Work, Failure, Financial, Literary, Value, Years)
"Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: Appearance, Building)
"Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist."
- Andrew Vachss
(Related: People, Journalism, Protection)