I don’t research anything. If I need something, I’ll invent it.
~ Mickey Spillane

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

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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.
~ Mickey Spillane

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I don’t care what the editor likes or dislikes, I care what the people like.
~ Mickey Spillane

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