Andrew Vachss Quotes

I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

I have always had this thing about moving around, and that has just remained, regardless of my physical changes. That feeling about it has never changed.

To play with mobility is what matters.

A rolling stone gathers no moss and therefore will not be derided as a moss-back. Roll as much as possible.

I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

It is human nature, especially as we get older, to look for stability in our lives. But if you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to fight against that somewhat, as starting a business requires movement. You cannot stay still.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

I can feel the wind go by when I run. It feels good. It feels fast.

Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement.

I just like to have one foot in Montana and one foot out.

The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still.

I've lived in England, France, Spain, Portugal and Germany in the '80s. I don't like being settled. It's not really healthy.

For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.

The rolling stone never gathereth mosse.

To stand still today is to go backwards...and quickly...!

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

If your feet are firmly planted on the grount you'll never be able to dance.

As the arrow endures the string, and in the gathering momentum becomes more than itself. Because to stay is to be nowhere.

It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

I feel good about the fact that I finally found something I love. I never lived in one place for very long - that's the way my whole life has been. I was always packing and moving around, staying in Canada, Kentucky, Jersey, St. Louis - it all helped because I was always learning new accents, experiencing different environments.

You can't stand still on one point for your entire life.

You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a groove, a rut, that hampers your growth. You think you can fix your course and move straight along it. But sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.