Pete Hamill

I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.

For those without money, the road to that treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.