Evan Hunter
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I can't say which of the writers inspired me the most, but it was probably Hemingway. EVAN HUNTER I got a B.A. from Hunter College, worked as a school teacher, a lobster salesman, and a literary age... EVAN HUNTER Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. W... EVAN HUNTER I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ... EVAN HUNTER It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different. EVAN HUNTER Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When ... EVAN HUNTER I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, ... EVAN HUNTER When I was a poor and struggling writer, I made a vow that if ever I got lucky enough to write full-... EVAN HUNTER I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks. EVAN HUNTER It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make... EVAN HUNTER I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writin... EVAN HUNTER I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth. EVAN HUNTER Evan Hunter is not a pseudonym. It has been my legal name since 1952. It is the name I answer to, th... EVAN HUNTER I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a T... EVAN HUNTER I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference. EVAN HUNTER I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I ha... EVAN HUNTER I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my wo... EVAN HUNTER There is only one senior out of their seven varsity players, so I know I'll have to compete for a jo... EVAN HUNTER I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a T... EVAN HUNTER I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balanc... EVAN HUNTER I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth... EVAN HUNTER I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks. EVAN HUNTER It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different. EVAN HUNTER Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing? EVAN HUNTER Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part. EVAN HUNTER EVAN DAVIS I didn't write 'Snow White' for any class, but I got bitten by the screenwriting bug and... EVAN DAUGHERTY EVAN MCMULLIN There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever. EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN DAVIS EVAN MCMULLIN EVAN DAVIS EVAN BAYH EVAN MCMULLIN We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they... EVAN WRIGHT EVAN OSNOS I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. I lived in Grand Blanc, Michigan for a year and that's when I ... EVAN PETERS It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I... EVAN PETERS 'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blog... EVAN WILLIAMS My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more informatio... EVAN WILLIAMS EVAN DAVIS Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it. EVAN ESAR Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. EVAN ESAR Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage. EVAN ESAR The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last. EVAN ESAR Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. EVAN ESAR Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them. EVAN ESAR Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different... EVAN ESAR Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits that under analysis some of them won'... EVAN ESAR EVAN DAVIS EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN DAVIS Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really,... EVAN SPIEGEL When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with... EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to... EVAN PARKER EVAN BAYH EVAN OSNOS A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are hig... EVAN WILLIAMS Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings. EVAN ESAR It was a hobby I got into a long time ago, hacking cameras. I was able to make my own using differen... EVAN GLODELL EVAN DAVIS EVAN MCMULLIN Mitt Romney is a true Mormon. John Edwards and Bill Clinton are not real Mormons. It was not 'Br... EVAN SAYET EVAN BAYH EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS EVAN BAYH EVAN DAVIS I actually put peanut butter on my bagel. I really like peanut butter and I like to ruin the bagel. ... EVAN PETERS EVAN OSNOS EVAN OSNOS EVAN OSNOS EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS EVAN OSNOS EVAN OSNOS Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption. EVAN DANDO EVAN DAVIS EVAN BAYH EVAN OSNOS One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's be... EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN MCMULLIN I like to think of the world as a sort of a casino, except the house doesn't have the advantage.... EVAN WILLIAMS Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting... EVAN SAYET I was the - my trendsetting moment was my bar mitzvah had the first, like, temporary tattoo guy. EVAN GOLDBERG EVAN DAVIS I keep hearing about battery innovation, but it never makes it to my phone. EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attrac... EVAN WILLIAMS Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies tha... EVAN WILLIAMS The social marketing teams of big companies will always figure out a way to advertise on Snapchat. I... EVAN SPIEGEL Those are the two best words in English, 'Bidding' and 'war'. EVAN DAUGHERTY I think it's harder to go from comedy to drama than from drama to comedy. Seeing you dramatic al... EVAN PETERS Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. EVAN ESAR Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. EVAN ESAR a true leader must be able to command with an iron fist, not just a humble heart. EVAN MEEKINS EVAN MCMULLIN EVAN BAYH We believe that the next generation of powerful mobile companies have a deep understanding of the wo... EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN DAVIS I went to a Christian all-boys' college one time to pick up my buddies so we could go play baseb... EVAN GOLDBERG I guess creepy comes natural to me - I hate to say that. EVAN PETERS EVAN BAYH Ephemeral should be the default. EVAN SPIEGEL It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are im... EVAN SPIEGEL I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't... EVAN SPIEGEL When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, 'Do fewer things.... EVAN WILLIAMS EVAN OSNOS I never really knew that I would be a lifer of strong female characters, but that seems to be the dr... EVAN DAUGHERTY After 'Divergent,' I got a job rewriting a sci-fi script at Paramount. I think they really l... EVAN DAUGHERTY EVAN OSNOS EVAN OSNOS Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that co... EVAN PARKER EVAN BAYH People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there ever... EVAN WILLIAMS At the Olympics in China, every color was represented... and that was just the drinking water. EVAN SAYET EVAN BAYH EVAN OSNOS The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we do... EVAN SPIEGEL Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis s... EVAN ESAR Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. EVAN ESAR It's improved my physical strength, and I'm getting a lot better. There's not as much frustration. EVAN ANDERSON I didn't know much about it. Actually, I didn't know anything. My grade school coach, Alden Dahl, he... EVAN ANDERSON I've got a 6-4 cousin, but that's about it. EVAN ANDERSON Yes, it's not many people from there. EVAN ANDERSON EVAN BAYH Snapchat changed that perception of deleting something as bad. Online, typically you delete somethin... EVAN SPIEGEL Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting... EVAN SPIEGEL See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million diff... EVAN DANDO EVAN MCMULLIN EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it EVAN ESAR Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing. EVAN ESAR Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl. EVAN ESAR It takes hundreds of nuts to hold a car together, but it takes only one of them to scatter it all ov... EVAN ESAR You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and de... EVAN ESAR The girl with a future avoids a man with a past. EVAN ESAR Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. EVAN ESAR Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment. EVAN ESAR Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose. EVAN ESAR Anger is the feeling that makes your mouth work faster than your mind. EVAN ESAR All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow. EVAN ESAR A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name. EVAN ESAR A husband is like a fire, he goes out when unattended. EVAN ESAR EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional ... EVAN ESAR Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you s... EVAN ESAR On the twelfth day I left it, my Unix gave to me: Twelve boards a-blowing; Eleven chips a-smoking; T... EVAN LEIBOVITCH All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow. EVAN ESAR Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle. EVAN DANDO Typing and read receipts make a lot of sense for messaging. You write a letter, you put it in an env... EVAN SPIEGEL After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and... EVAN WILLIAMS EVAN DAVIS EVAN DAVIS The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring. EVAN WILLIAMS EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN OSNOS EVAN BAYH The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use ... EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN MCMULLIN EVAN BAYH EVAN OSNOS EVAN BAYH EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If y... EVAN DAUGHERTY EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH EVAN DAVIS EVAN MCMULLIN EVAN BAYH EVAN BAYH Social media is about friending someone so they'll invite you to a party or get you a job. If th... EVAN SPIEGEL EVAN OSNOS Jews don't care about ancient rivalries. We worry about humidity in Miami. EVAN SAYET I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecur... EVAN DANDO EVAN OSNOS EVAN DAVIS EVAN OSNOS EVAN BAYH For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead. EVAN DANDO Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack. EVAN PETERS And I love Jennifer Lawrence. She's a total fox. And such a good actress. It's ridiculous. EVAN PETERS Actually John, Paul Rutherford, and Trevor Watts, and several other rather well known English jazz m... EVAN PARKER I think the voice does that perfectly adequately without being imitated by other instruments. EVAN PARKER
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