Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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...… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“A Commie. She was a jerky Red. She owned all the trimmings and she was still a Red. What the hell was she hoping… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“I was a ruthless bastard with a twisted mind who could look on death and find it pleasant. I could break an arm or… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle. — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
“God, but it was fun! It was the way I liked it. No arguing, no talking to the stupid peasants. I just walked into… — Mickey Spillane Copy Share Image
