Mickey Spillane Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• The first chapter sells the book; the last chapter sells the next book.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Writing, Lasts

• Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Writing, Middle

• 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

  Baseball, Art, Writing

  "W.O.W. : Writers on Writing". Interview with Jon Winokur, 1986.

• Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Writing, America

• Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Writing, Literature

  "Writers on writing". Book by Jon Winokur, 1986.

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