Author: Mickey Spillane

Quotes

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.

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.

- Mickey Spillane

Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.

Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.

- Mickey Spillane

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

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

- Mickey Spillane

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.

- Mickey Spillane

If the public likes you, you're good.

If the public likes you, you're good.

- Mickey Spillane

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

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

- Mickey Spillane

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

- Mickey Spillane

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

- Mickey Spillane

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