110 Quotes by Andrew Vachss

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

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

No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.

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

While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.

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.

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.

A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.

Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.