"I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it." — Mickey Spillane

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.

Stephen King. Now I'm not crazy about him, but he's a great a writer.

Where I am they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo.

Critics themselves, they used to tear me up.