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Mickey Spillane Quotes

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.

Mickey Spillane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: March 9, 1918 - July 17, 2006

Topics

History Smoke Down Want Names Out

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!

Joanna Trollope

Book Sorry Talking New Done Third

Teenagers especially are very, very conscious about what is hip and what is lame and what is square and what is out and what is in, you know. And, I mean, I grew up right there in the middle of a black culture. And I knew dead-on what it was.

Culture Black You Know Mean Right

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

Man Game Young Never Old Obsession

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Politics Man Feel Gay Determined

For no good reason, George W. Bush and the best and brightest he could muster, including the likes of Paul Bremer and Paul Wolfowitz, decided it made sense to attack Iraq.

Good Best Reason Attack Sense Made

Respect the work that you've never done before.

Work Respect You Done Never Before

The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me.

Me Night Think Friday Lights Been

I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.

Confidence School People High School

In the Shao Lin temple, they never allow you to touch the skin of a drum until you can tongue what you're going to play.

Tongue You Skin Play Temple Never

When the kids are down, I have a drink and watch 'The Kelly File.'

Down Drink Watch Kids File Kelly

There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It doesn't feel like a great burden to have your story, to some degree, set. I am enjoying figuring out what I think is the most dramatic way of telling this set of historical facts.

Great I Am Story Think Facts Feel

I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.

Life Men Hurt Care Take Care Take

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