Part of my head will always be in the years after World War II - the five years before Korea started. Pete Hamill headkoreapart Change image and share on social
The Mafia exists in the American imagination because we want it to exist. Pete Hamill americanexistimagination Change image and share on social
Usually, I work every day, seven days a week. When I go three days without writing, my body aches with anxiety; my mood is irritable. My night dreams grow wild with unconscious invention. Pete Hamill achanxietybody Change image and share on social
As a reporter, going around, you hear stories you can't prove, which means you can't put them in the newspaper. But they're good stories, and I would jot them down thinking maybe one day I could write that as a short story. Pete Hamill daygoodhear share on social
The spookiest thing I can remember about John Gotti is his eyes. Pete Hamill eyegottijohn Change image and share on social
For those without money, the road to that treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library. Pete Hamill beginhouseimagination Change image and share on social
One thing that I notice that is changing, you don't see kids on Sunday. Most of them are home. The kids are having much more virtual childhoods instead of childhoods. They don't play ball or hang out with the wrong people or get in fistfights, all the things that once made childhood. I don't know how it's going to turn out. Pete Hamill ballchangechildhood share on social
I was the oldest of seven kids, so I had no older brother who would say, 'Schmuck, don't do that.' Pete Hamill brotherkidold 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
Anybody who sits and says, 'I know New York' is from out of town. Pete Hamill sittownyork Change image and share on social