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

A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.

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

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.

The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.

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.