Amazon.com isn't the same as going down an aisle. The same as record stores. You'll go for Billie Holiday, and you buy Gustav Mahler as you're going out the door. Pete Hamill aisleamazonbillie Change image and share on social
It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century. Pete Hamill americancenturymajor Change image and share on social
Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language. Pete Hamill crackpotezraissue Change image and share on social
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. Pete Hamill beautifulbirdmean 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
When I was a kid, I could draw, and my ambition was to be a cartoonist. I wanted to draw comics. But I also liked newspaper comics. Pete Hamill ambitioncartoonistcomic Change image and share on social
There's no way that any tabloid can survive if it doesn't get women to read it. Pete Hamill readsurvivetabloid Change image and share on social
The Anarchists set off World War I with a gunshot in Sarajevo - but they faded away. It wasn't that the police drove them out of business. The ideology had nowhere to go except into permanent negativity. Pete Hamill anarchistbusinessdrive share on social
The odyssey is not going out and seeing the world: it's about trying to get home. It's home to the woman you love. Pete Hamill homeloveodyssey Change image and share on social
Sinatra slowly found a way to allow tenderness into the performance while remaining manly. He perfected the role of the Tender Tough Guy and passed it on to several generations of Americans. Before him, that archetype did not exist in American popular culture. Pete Hamill americanarchetypeculture share on social
