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. Evan Hunter Read Quote
I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don’t agree with me as to their worth. Evan Hunter Read Quote
It’s a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different. Evan Hunter Read Quote
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. Evan Hunter Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Evan Hunter Read Quote
I think of myself as a softy. I think the 87th Precinct novels are very sentimental, and the cops are idealistic guys. Evan Hunter Read Quote
