Mickey Spillane
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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
Mickey Spillane quotes about
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Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
hammers danger comic
I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.
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Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.