Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane
MS/CUs mystery writer MICKEY SPILLANE smoking cigarette in lighting studio, sitting beside perky young blond woman who happens to be his second wife, SHERRI SPILLANE, July 1972. MCU Mickey Spillane being interviewed by off-screen reporter: "I m primarily a writer who likes to make money. If you write a good book, people are going to buy it. I m very appreciative of the fact that people like my books b/c it s reflected in sales & I turn the money right back into circulation." Reporter asks about his new book, one not about Mike Hammer. "This is a one-shot. You see, once you buy one, you have to say, sex & violence, although I don t write totally about that. These were important highlights of the story. It s a fast-moving, action plot type of thing, characterization with a big bang ending." Reporter asks if he considers himself a commercial writer. "Absolutely, it s the only way to go. Anybody who says they don t write for money is only telling you a story b/c it s a business. It s a profession & I feel like a manufacturer. I turn out a product & my product is books. People buy them b/c they like them. I m turning out a successful product." Reporter asks Sherri Spillane about her nightclub act; MS/CU Sherri Spillane saying that she worked quite a bit in Dallas.