Best Jimmy Breslin Quotes
- Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin… Back Offices
- Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and… Attached
- That's the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It's just the same enemy - blank paper. Blank
- True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not… Feel
- When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere. Anywhere
- I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw. Draw
- I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories. Became
- Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? Boring
- If you gather a lot of stuff, then you write it, write in scenes with dialogue. Somewhere in the middle, rising from all this research… All
- Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all of them: Guaranteed.… All
- Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers. Anger
- ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as of 12-20-86. Abc
- A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and… Becomes