Mickey Spillane — American Author born on March 09, 1918, died on July 17, 2006

Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels, many featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself... (wikipedia)

Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
If the public likes you, you're good.
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.
If I need something, I'll invent it.
Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.