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. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
A trial is not a search for truth. It is a contest and, often, one that produces no winners. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
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. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species. Andrew Vachss Read Quote
Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can’t. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn’t want to fight somebody. Andrew Vachss Read Quote