Part of my head will always be in the years after World War II – the five years before Korea started. Pete Hamill Read Quote
Mick Jagger’s fans bought records with their allowances. Sinatra’s people bought them out of wages. Pete Hamill Read Quote
The Tammany guys, many of them were corrupt. They were still around when I was a boy. You knew the Tammany guys’ name. Pete Hamill Read Quote
Sinatra’s endurance has become a rallying point for many people who feel that their sacrifices and hard work are no longer honored. Pete Hamill Read Quote
You can’t be a reporter using Google. It can be a tool. But you have to get out of the house. Pete Hamill Read Quote
One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don’t just stand there like an oaf. Pete Hamill Read Quote
One of the first things that helped me to understand certain things about writing was seeing ‘The Iceman Cometh’ in the Village when I was a kid, before I ever became a newspaperman, and realizing that the world I knew could also be the subject of some amazing stuff. Pete Hamill Read Quote
If you ask me, I think 12-step programs are perfectly valid, can be an enormous help. But it depends on the individual. Pete Hamill Read Quote
