3 Mickey Spillane Quotes on Books

Mickey Spillane quotes on books

41. I knew a couple of things... during the war years they came out with reprints of all the Dumas novels, Moby Dick, for the servicement, and I saw this and believe me I'm a very sharp merchandiser, and I say this is the new marketplace for writing: original paperback books.

47. Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.

56. When I started the paperback market, there were only a few good writers, now the market's loaded... you don't know which one to take.