Evan Hunter was a famous Author from USA, who lived between October 15, 1926 and July 6, 2005. He/she became 78 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection.
Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by Evan.
14 Famous quotes by Evan Hunter
"It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different"
"I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks"
"I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference"
"I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?"
"I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online"
"Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?"
"It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops"
"I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute"
"Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene"
"I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones"
"I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth"
"I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me"
"A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week"
"I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot"
