Mickey Spillane

 

“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”
― Mickey Spillane 

 

“Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.”
― Mickey Spillane 

 

“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.”
― Mickey Spillane, The Big Kill

 

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

 

“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.”
― Mickey Spillane, Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book

 

“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.”
― Mickey Spillane 

 

“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  

“The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.”
― Mickey Spillane 

 

“I don't give a damn about reviews. What I like to read are royalty checks.”
― Mickey Spillane 

 

“After a quick shower and shave, I whipped up some scrambled eggs and shoveled them into me.”
― Mickey Spillane, The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume I: 1