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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.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Admittedly Any Between Flawed Hero Journalism Journalist People Protection Rule Sort Totalitarian Why

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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.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Arrogant Believe Compensate Deal Failure Faith Financial Great Great Deal Literary Long-Term Lot Me Over Prepared Publisher Say Shown Them Value Work Would Years I Believe

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I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Bullies Describe Enough Good Hate How How Much Much Not Good Enough Them Words

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If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I?

~Andrew Vachss

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I write everything in Courier 12 because I write for publication, not pleasure.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Because Everything Pleasure Publication Write I Write

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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.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Blood Good Just Screenplay Short Short Story Story Times Works

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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.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Anyone Blogs Clarity Clutter Diaries Even Fancy Fine Get Just Other Possible Than Universal Use Want Writing You Yourself

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I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Abuse Bills Chance Child Children Court Criminal Defending Defense Did Had Juvenile Kids Missed Neglected Paid Part-Time Protective Representing System Those Work

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Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: About Crime Culture Pulse Species Takes Tells Truth Us

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Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Accomplished Act America Anger Angry Anything Because Collective Country Enough Enough People Get Our Ours People Where

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: October 19th, 1942

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