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.

If the public likes you, you're good.

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.

I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.

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

If I need something, I'll invent it.

I'm actually a softie. Tough guys get killed too early... I've got a full head of hair and don't wear eyeglasses.