Mickey Spillane Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• 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

• The most important part of a story is the ending. No one reads a book to get to the middle.

  Mickey Spillane

  Inspirational, Book, Important

• 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

  Book, Grain Of Salt, Looks

  Interview with Michael Carlson, "Crime Time", 2001.

• I dont like any of them, because they don't read the books. In Kiss Me Deadly my story is better than his story. Anthony Quinn played in The Lond Wait and he didn't read the book either.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Kissing, Waiting

• No one likes my books except the public.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Likes, Language

• 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

• I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Literature, History Books

• I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book

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

• 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.

• The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

  Mickey Spillane

  Book, Pages, Lasts

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