5 Quotes & Sayings By Mickey Spillane

Born in Brooklyn, he began his writing career in the mid-Forties. His first novel, I, the Jury (1947), became an immediate bestseller. The Mike Hammer stories established Spillane as a master of hard-boiled crime fiction. He died in Florida in 2006, leaving behind an estimated $20 million in his will.

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.
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Nobody reads a book to get to the middle. Mickey Spillane
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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
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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
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Authors want their names down in history I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney. Mickey Spillane