Sheriff Quotes by Stephen Hunter

I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The…

— Stephen Hunter

Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie…

— Stephen Hunter

“You lie well, and I appreciate the effort it takes. It’s not so easy, as any commissar knows.”

— Stephen Hunter

The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point…

— Stephen Hunter

“Some men are born to destroy, and nothing satisfies them but that. Whatever you’ve got, they want to tear it apart, from architecture and…

— Stephen Hunter

I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula.

— Stephen Hunter

I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a…

— Stephen Hunter

I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent…

— Stephen Hunter

“He was the sort of man who demanded results yesterday but then forgot to ask for them tomorrow.”

— Stephen Hunter

As long as 'Pearl Harbor' stays in the past, it's perfect; when it wretchedly changes gears in the late going, it becomes the wrong…

— Stephen Hunter

“Some are born jerks” she said, “some have jerkhood thrust upon them, and some mature into rich and vibrant jerks. You are all three.”

— Stephen Hunter

“That’s the bravest thing, I think: not to be brave for yourself but for a buddy when it gets you nothing and costs you…

— Stephen Hunter