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Famous Mickey Spillane Quotes
“The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.”
“I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.”
“I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.”
“I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.”
“If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.”
“I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.”
“Victor Saville was bad news because he wanted money just to do one big picture.”
“The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.”
“Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.”
“I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.”
“If the public likes you, you're good.”
“The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.”