Pete Hamill Quotes

This is truly marvelous work: full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy. - Pete Hamill

There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women, the fortunes, the football players and the murders are all bigger than anywhere else. - Pete Hamill

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town. - Pete Hamill

New Yorkers, in general, love disaster. They love blizzards, power failures, etc. (I don't mean that they loved September 11.) A shared disaster brings them together more - ethnically, racially - because the disaster affects almost all of them, making no distinctions. Their manners are generally very good indeed. And their generosity can be without limits. - Pete Hamill

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

It's a good demonstration of will for any terrorist outfit to consider. If they knocked out every subway line and all the bus terminals, New Yorkers would leave the house, moaning, and find their way to work. That's our tribe. - Pete Hamill

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