Anybody who sits and says, 'I know New York' is from out of town. Pete Hamill sittownyork Change image and share on social
There are a lot of very good New York novels, but there's no single all-encompassing novel, the way you could look at any number of Dickens books and say we know London as a result of that. Pete Hamill bookdickenencompass Change image and share on social
Confession alone is not necessarily good for the soul. Pete Hamill confessiongoodnecessarily Change image and share on social
The blogosphere might be very useful as propaganda or as therapy. But it's not journalism. Pete Hamill blogospherejournalismpropaganda Change image and share on social
The challenge remains a simple one: to write news that stays news. Pete Hamill challengenewsremain Change image and share on social
In the 1950s, when I was hanging around Sullivan's Gym and the Gramercy Gym, there were fixed fights. Mob guys like Frankie Carbo and Blinky Palermo had taken over the sport; one lightweight champion loaned his title to others at least twice; the welterweight division was a slag heap. Pete Hamill 1950sblinkycarbo share on social
In 1962, I wrote a series about 42nd Street called 'Welcome to Lostville.' One result was that the young Bob Dylan read it and invited me to his first concert at Town Hall; the result was a kind of friendship that years later led to my liner notes for 'Blood on the Tracks.' Pete Hamill 42ndbloodbob share on social
I was born in 1935. But my mother and father - who were immigrants from Ireland - and everybody that I knew growing up in Brooklyn came out of the Depression, and they were remarkable people. Pete Hamill bearbrooklyndepression Change image and share on social
We're in an age when everything's present tense. People don't know how to be still and surrender to the music. Pete Hamill agemusicpeople Change image and share on social
To me, doctors and nurses and teachers are heroes, doing often infinitely more difficult work than the more flamboyant kind of a hero. Pete Hamill difficultdoctorflamboyant Change image and share on social
