MICKEY SPILLANE - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 169096
Price: $200.00
MICKEY SPILLANE
He signs his typed quotation explaining why writing is like
sex.
Typed Quotation signed: "The things people remember!/Mickey
Spillane", 1p, 8½x11. Typed heading: "Excerpt from 'The Mystery Man' by
Carey Winfrey", quoting Spillane in Memories Magazine, April/May 1990. In
full: "'Writing is like sex,' he said. 'You start off slow and then you
build and build and BANG. There's a climax. And then you don't write for a
while. Then you do it all again. It's great because all you need is a
typewriter, $3 worth of paper and a mailbox - if you can sell. I don't sell art.
I sell merchandise. That's what I am, a merchandiser.'" Frank Morrison
"Mickey" Spillane (1918-2006) created his hard-boiled detective hero, Mike
Hammer, in the first of seven Hammer novels, I, the Jury (1947). In a
1967 list of the best-selling novels of 1895-1965, seven of the top 29 were
novels by Spillane. The versatile author, who has been everything from a
flight instructor to a human cannonball, also appeared in films, starring as
Mike Hammer in Ring of Fear and The Girl Hunter (1963). In
1995, the Mystery Writers of America honored him with their Grand
Master award. Fine condition.
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