The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

I played in a movie called Ring of Fear with Clyde Beatty and Pat O'Brien.

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book.

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

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.

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

I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am. Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.