Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a newspaperman originally in Colombia. He talked about - and I agree - how everybody has a public life, a private life, and a secret life. Pete Hamill agreecolombiagabriel Change image and share on social
Too many people take New York for granted. The primary reason is that history is not taught. That's outrageous in a city where the past is still visible. Pete Hamill citygranthistory Change image and share on social
In my experience, growing up in Brooklyn and all that, the real tough guys didn't act tough. They didn't talk tough. They were tough, you know? I think about these politicians who try to pose as tough guys - it makes me laugh. Pete Hamill actbrooklynexperience share on social
I was born in 1935. But my mother and father - who were immigrants from Ireland - and everybody that I knew growing up in Brooklyn came out of the Depression, and they were remarkable people. Pete Hamill bearbrooklyndepression Change image and share on social
We're in an age when everything's present tense. People don't know how to be still and surrender to the music. Pete Hamill agemusicpeople Change image and share on social
To me, doctors and nurses and teachers are heroes, doing often infinitely more difficult work than the more flamboyant kind of a hero. Pete Hamill difficultdoctorflamboyant Change image and share on social
I'm so concerned with morgues and libraries of the newspapers. Pete Hamill concernlibrarymorgue 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
Viewers can't work or play while watching television; they can't read; they can't be out on the streets, falling in love with the wrong people, learning how to quarrel and compromise with other human beings. In short, they are asocial. Pete Hamill asocialbeingcompromise share on social
Every reporter inhales skepticism. You interview people, and they lie. You face public figures, diligently making notes or taping what is said, and they perform their interviews to fit a calculated script. The truth, alas, is always elusive. Pete Hamill alacalculatediligently share on social
