Mickey Spillane : (4) " 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. " - Mickey Spillane " I read all the time… I read a lot of history books. " - Mickey Spillane " I’m a country boy. I hate New York. But that’s where things happen, so I use it as a base for stories, I know enough about it. But I have to keep going back there. " - Mickey Spillane " If you’re a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he’s good, the older he gets, the better he writes. " - Mickey Spillane