Andrew Vachss Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 19, 1942

Topics

YourselfWritingYouClarityWant

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

Jodie Foster

CareerNeverCruiseGirlfriendLevel

I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way.

Stephen Colbert

GirlTeacherDaySchoolStoryShort

I moved to New York to do theater, and I got cast in a play that was funny, and then I was the funny guy. I did a movie that was funny, and then I was the funny guy.

Steve Zahn

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I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have.

Janet Yellen

WomenSucceedChanceThinkFeel

Some women facing 'honour' crimes require relocation far outside the reaches of their extended families and changes of identity to escape detection.

Deeyah Khan

WomenIdentityEscapeChangesFar

My childhood closet was ornamented with U.S. jerseys of World Cups spanning the nineties and two-thousands - some of my favorite memories are from summers when, with a ball under my foot and a jersey on my back, I watched the U.S. team go up against the world's best players in the largest sporting event on Earth.

Clint Smith

MemoriesBestChildhoodTeamWorld

I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art.

Arsene Wenger

LifeArtBelieveTargetI Believe

Let's face it. Adventure and exploration are in my blood.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

AdventureFaceExplorationBlood

Going to war is a rare experience in American culture, so it's easy for simple notions to gain a lot of weight. The reality is always more complex.

Phil Klay

CultureExperienceSimpleWarEasy

On 'The Spy Who Dumped Me,' it wasn't fear as much as it was feeling overwhelmed because there were so many moving parts. But I felt that I knew what I was doing. And on a movie like this, there's so much preparation that goes into it that by the time you were there, you had done months of planning.

Susanna Fogel

FearTimePreparationMeMovingYou

Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.

Sean Connery

LoveRideWorldAdmitGoMay

People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.

Marilyn Ferguson

LiveAgePurposePeopleBetterFeel

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