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Mickey Spillane

Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), 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.

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I'm the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they're all dead.

Behinds, Jules, Lenin, Tolstoy, World

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

Author, Writer

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why. . . I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.

Avenue, Literature, Old, Thinking, Writer, Years

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

Customers, Fans, Friends, Knows

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.

Book, Middle, Reads, Writing

Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.

Beer, Cognac, Hammers, Mike, Spell

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 older he gets, the better he writes.

Art, Baseball, Lose, Older, Writes, Writing

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

Beatty, Clyde, Fear, Movie, Pat, Rings

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

Bank, Bank Accounts, Empty, Inspiration

I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.

Comic, Hammers, Literature, Mike, Original

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.

200, Book, Cents, Grain Of Salt, Hated, Looks

No one likes my books except the public.

Book, Likes, Language, Except, Books

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

Hollywood, Important, Know, People, Self

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.

Hazel, House, Past, Smell

If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.

Earth, Good, Likes, Literature, Shakespeare, Writer

Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.

Crazy, King, Kings, Literature, Writer

Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.

Critics, Tear, Tears, Used

If the public likes you, you're good.

Good, Ifs, Likes, Public

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 Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

Book, Deadly, Kiss, Kissing, Wait, Waiting

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.

Dead, Elvis, Firefighter, Hero, Let, Redneck

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