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

He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps..

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change..

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness..

It's the family you choose that counts..

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior..

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

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species..

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be..

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..

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..

Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty ….

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape..

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 m….

The more bullets flying, the less accurate each individual slug has to be..

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..

Chronic sexual predators [to Vachss, pedophiles] have crossed an osmotic membrane. They can’t step back to the other side - our side. And they don't ….

If love would die along with death, this life wouldn't be so hard..

Two rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take..

Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer..

Even if sheep could talk, they'd never ask questions..