110 Quotes by Andrew Vachss

I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.

In my world, people are always plotting. Youhave no idea of all the crimes people in business commit everyday. Like it was nothing. Or there’s a set of special rules for them.Remember when Bush made that whole speech about ‘corporateethics’ last year? What a fraud. You think stuff like Enron orWorldCom is an aberration? It’s only the tip. Business is a religion.Probably the only one practiced all over the world.

Biology does not make a man a father--nor a woman a mother. We are what we do.

It's the family you choose that counts.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.

Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.

If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.