I started off at the high level, in the slick magazines, but they didn't use my name, they used house names. Anyway, then I went downhill to the pulps, then downhill further to the comics.
Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar. - Mickey Spillane
Those big-shot writers ... could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.
- Mickey Spillane
I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am. Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. - Mickey Spillane
I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am. Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac. - Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.
I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I… - Mickey Spillane
I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I…
I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book. - Mickey Spillane
I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle. - Mickey Spillane
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.
Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a… - Mickey Spillane
Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a…
I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends. - Mickey Spillane
I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.
Inspiration is an empty bank account. - Mickey Spillane
Inspiration is an empty bank account.
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