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Evan Hunter Quotes
A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week. - Evan Hunter Quotes
Depending on what Im working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, its as if another writer is on the scene. - Evan Hunter Quotes
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. - Evan Hunter Quotes
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. - Evan Hunter Quotes
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. - Evan Hunter Quotes
I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then its already been covered by the media, and if its not good enough, why would I want to bother with it? - Evan Hunter Quotes
I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers dont agree with me as to their worth. - Evan Hunter Quotes
I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasnt much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot. - Evan Hunter Quotes
I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. - Evan Hunter Quotes
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 Im now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones. - Evan Hunter Quotes
Ive never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks. - Evan Hunter Quotes
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. - Evan Hunter Quotes
Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different. - Evan Hunter Quotes
Readers are what its all about, arent they? If not, why am I writing? - Evan Hunter Quotes
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