Evan Hunter

“I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.”

“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 was a blond-haired kid with blue eyes, growing up in an Italian ghetto. I had a very high IQ. In elementary school, I skipped ahead twice. I was 10 years old when everyone else was 12.”

“Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?”

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