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
He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled. Pete Hamill angryconsoledraw Change image and share on social
Travel at least erodes some of the narrowness that exists in each of us. Pete Hamill erodeexistnarrowness Change image and share on social
Boxing is one of those leftovers from a more primitive past that should be finished off and killed. I don't love it anymore. Pete Hamill anymoreboxfinish Change image and share on social
I'm not interested in stories about movie stars. I couldn't care less what Steve Martin has on his mind. Pete Hamill careinterestmartin Change image and share on social
Vietnam should have taught us that nationalism, with its engines of independence and self-determination, is a more powerful force by far than Marxism and must be understood and respected. Pete Hamill determinationengineforce Change image and share on social
Vietnam should have taught us that mindless anti-Communism is not a cause worth killing or dying for in a world in which Communism is hardly a monolithic force. Pete Hamill anticommunismdie Change image and share on social
Reporters now are better educated than the crowd I knew when I broke in. We still had guys shaped by Prohibition and the Depression, so the news business still had badly paid people who loved it for the life, because every day was different. Pete Hamill badlybreakbusiness share on social
An independent Brooklyn probably would have built a new stadium for the Dodgers, so today there might be not just baseball but also the only football team on this side of the Hudson. Pete Hamill baseballbrooklynbuild Change image and share on social
As a master of graphic creation, as teacher, historian, and roving ambassador of comics, Jerry Robinson has ensured that future generations of talented kids will continue to imagine and then put marks on paper. Pete Hamill ambassadorcomiccontinue share on social
