See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older.

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

I have no fans. You know what I got? Customers. And customers are your friends.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.

Mike Hammer drinks beer because I can't spell Cognac.

I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.