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
world behinds
I'm the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they're all dead...
likes earth common
If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.
names house magazines
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.
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.
commercial margaret mitchell wrote
I'm a commercial writer, not an "author." Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.