43 Mickey Spillane Quotes on Writing, The Big Kill and Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book - Quotes.pub

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I was a licensed investigator who knocked off somebody who needed knocking off bad and he couldn’t get to me. So I was a murderer by definition and all the law could do was shake its finger.

Pretty and beautiful are two different things. Only a few women are pretty, but even one who’s not so hot to look at can be beautiful. A lot of guys make mistakes when they turn down a beautiful woman for one who’s just pretty.

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

No one likes my books except the public.

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

Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.

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

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

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

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.

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

Imagine this guy hits Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger and knocks him out. You hit Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger, he’ll beat the crap out of you.

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

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.

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

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

I’m a country boy. I hate New York. But that’s where things happen, so I use it as a base for stories, I know enough about it. But I have to keep going back there.

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

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.

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 any more. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

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

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 I need something, I’ll invent it.

The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

I’m a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

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

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

All right, you conniving little punks, I'll play ball, but I'm going to make up a lot of rules you never heard of. You think I'm cornered and it'll be a soft touch. Well, you won't be playing with a guy who's a hero. You'll be up against a guy with a mind gone rotten and a lust for killing! That's the way I was and that's the way I like it!Mickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 2682-2684). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

He was staring at my face. His eyes couldn't leave my eyes and his flesh was already dying with the fear inside him. He tried to talk and made only harsh breathing sounds. He raised his hands as if I were something evil and he had to keep me away. I was evil. I was evil for the good. I was evil and he knew it. I was worse than they were, so much worse that they couldn't stand the comparison. I had one, good, efficient, enjoyable way of getting rid of cancerous Commies. I killed them.Mickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 2991-2994). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

God, but it was fun! It was the way I liked it. No arguing, no talking to the stupid peasants. I just walked into that room with a tommy gun and shot their guts out. They never thought that there were people like me in this country. They figured us all to be soft as horse manure and just as stupid."Mickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 2919-2921). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume I: 1 Quotes

I was a ruthless bastard with a twisted mind who could look on death and find it pleasant. I could break an arm or smash in a face because it was easier that way than asking questions. I could out-fox the fox with a line of reasoning that laughed at the truth because I was the worst of the lot and never did deserve to live. That's what that damned judge thought anyway.Mickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 2471-2473). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

I don't give a damn about reviews. What I like to read are royalty checks.

Her body was a milky flow of curves under the translucent gown and when she moved the static current of flesh against sheer cloth made it cling to her in a way that made me hold my breath to fight against the temptation I couldMickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 2354-2356). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

A Commie. She was a jerky Red. She owned all the trimmings and she was still a Red. What the hell was she hoping for, a government order to share it all with the masses? Yeah. A joint like this would suddenly assume a new owner under a new regime. A fat little general, a ranking secret policeman, somebody. Sure, it's great to be a Commie . . . as long as you're top dog. Who the hell was supposed to be fooled by all the crap?Mickey Spillane (2011-05-15T05:54:44.961000+00:00). 4.One Lonely Night (Kindle Locations 980-983). Kindle Edition.

One Lonely Night Quotes

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

Book promotion Quotes

It was easy,' I said.

I Quotes The Jury Quotes

Those big-shot writers could never dig the fact that there are more salted peanuts consumed than caviar.

Inspirational Quotes / Humor Quotes

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.

Heroes Quotes

Guys like you can't escape the city. Hell, you a got a blood contract with this place. You're married to the old girl.

Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book Quotes New york city Quotes Obsession Quotes

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.

The Big Kill Quotes

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.

Writing Quotes Writing craft Quotes Writing process Quotes

The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.