When I get through tearing a lobster apart, or one of those tender West Coast octopuses, I feel like I had a drink from the fountain of youth. — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to stand for it any longer," said Mr. Flood. "I’m going to put my foot down. All I want in this world is a little peace and quiet, and he gets me all raced up. Here a while back I heard a preacher talking on the radio about the peacefulness of the old, and I thought to… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share
“My grandfather used to like the word 'mitigate,'" Harry said. "He liked the sound of it, and he used it whenever he could. When he was a very old man, he often got on the subject of dying. 'You cant talk your way out,' he'd often say, 'and you can't buy your way out, and you can't shoot your way… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share
“When things get too much for me, I put a wild-flower book and a couple of sandwiches in my pockets and go down to… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
The best talk is artless, the talk of people trying to reassure or comfort themselves, women in the sun, grouped around baby carriages, talking… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
My dad was a cotton buyer and cotton buyers always considered themselves superior to the rest of the world. — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
“It is perhaps an ugly comment on the American press, but the function of the interviewer on most newspapers is to entertain, not to… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in heaven, and I think he's in… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
“When Gould arrives at a party, people who have never seen him before usually take one look at him and edge away. Before the… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Gould is a night wanderer, and he has put down descriptions of dreadful things he has seen on dark New York streets – descriptions,… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
