Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane
Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 March 1918
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
caviar facts peanuts
Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.
Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.
inspirational book important
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.
needs ifs
If I need something, I'll invent it.
kings crazy
Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.
fans knows customers
I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.
book writing middle
Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.
dirty people together
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 don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.
inspiration empty bank-accounts
Inspiration is an empty bank account.
book writing lasts
The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.
mother dad father
My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.
past smell house
Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.
book likes language
No one likes my books except the public.
book writing america
Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.