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
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I'm a commercial writer, not an "author." Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.
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Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
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But at my age, you start to get tired.
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When I started the paperback market, there were only a few good writers, now the market's loaded... you don't know which one to take.
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I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.
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Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.
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I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.
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If the public likes you, you're good.
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Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.
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I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.
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I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.
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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 grain of salt.
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I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.
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Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.