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Mickey Spillane Quotes about Writing

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

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.

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.

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

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