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

I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.

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

Inspiration is an empty bank account.

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.

If the public likes you, you're good.

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.