Evan Hunter

“They'd taught him how to milk cows,and now they expected him to tame lions.”

— Evan Hunter

“Do you condemn the kids for not having been blessed with I.Q.s of 120? Can you condemn the kids? Can you condemn…

— Evan Hunter

My first wife kept calling me Sal, and I finally said to her, 'Why do you think I changed my name, honey?…

— Evan Hunter

“They taught him how to milk cows and now they expected him to tame lions. Perhaps they expected him to behave like…

— Evan Hunter

It's hard to write an Evan Hunter novel because I really am starting from scratch. I'm assuming a new voice each time.…

— Evan Hunter

I think of myself as a softy. I think the 87th Precinct novels are very sentimental, and the cops are idealistic guys.

— Evan Hunter

When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American.…

— Evan Hunter

Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

— Evan Hunter

I only knew one thing about policemen: they were inhuman beasts. The problem was how to turn them into likable, sympathetic human…

— Evan Hunter

Mystery fiction was considered a stepchild of literature.

— Evan Hunter

I was a blond-haired kid with blue eyes, growing up in an Italian ghetto. I had a very high IQ. In elementary…

— Evan Hunter

It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

— Evan Hunter

“I don't want to die," he thought. "I haven't lived yet.”

— Evan Hunter

You just touch on things. You don't go round the room describing the furniture.

— Evan Hunter