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Jimmy Breslin quotes: Anything that isn't writing is easy

Anything that isn't writing is easy

Jimmy Breslin quotes: I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.

I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.

When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: 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.

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.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The Mets lose an awful lot?Listen, mister. Think a little bit.When was the last time you won anything out of life?

The Mets lose an awful lot?
Listen, mister. Think a little bit.
When was the last time you won anything out of life?

Jimmy Breslin quotes: I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw.

I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.

Precious was one of a large number of people on the street, many of whom appeared to be women; some, like Precious, actually were.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: What you want to do is not go to work. You're not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young.

What you want to do is not go to work. You're not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him.

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with fast and extremely sure hands.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank.

Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Shoelaces are the first way society ties up the individual.

Shoelaces are the first way society ties up the individual.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover

The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.

Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.

I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me.

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page..

Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page..

Jimmy Breslin quotes: Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.