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Andrew Vachss Quotes

American - Author | October 19, 1942 -

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.

Good Story Short Blood Just Works

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.

Yourself Writing You Clarity Want

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

Truth Culture Crime Us Takes About

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

Anger Angry People America Enough

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.

Change Look Wrong Social Change More

Without question, I've either got to be a writer, or I fail.

Question Without Fail Got Writer

A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners.

Truth Search Winners Contest Trial

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.

Risks Lawyer Guilty Innocent Person

I didn't start out angry. I started out a young man wanting adventure.

Man Adventure Angry Start Young Out

There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.

Technology Society Internet Others

My stuff isn't for everyone.

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

Childhood Evil End Early Choice May

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