Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious! Jimmy Breslin More Quotes by Jimmy Breslin More Quotes From Jimmy Breslin If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest. Jimmy Breslin tears men thinking Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover. Jimmy Breslin hangover drinking ideas Rage is ... This is Breslin's full quote: Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers Jimmy Breslin quality rage writing Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. Jimmy Breslin political president men All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth. Jimmy Breslin mirrors clouds beautiful The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. Jimmy Breslin democracy office president Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor. Life isn't all that deadly all the time, but while you're having fun, tell the truth. If every word of a column is deadly serious, I can't read it. It makes me throw up. Jimmy Breslin important fun people You see, the Mets are losers, just like nearly everybody else in life. This is the team for the cab driver who gets held up and the guy who loses out on a promotion because he didn't maneuver himself to lunch with the boss enough. It is the team for every guy who has to get out of bed in the morning and go to work for short money on a job he does not like. The Yankees? Who does well enough to root for them, Laurence Rockefeller? Jimmy Breslin baseball morning jobs When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. Jimmy Breslin drinking beer food When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere. Jimmy Breslin new-york 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 in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read. Jimmy Breslin special jobs people The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover Jimmy Breslin hangover tests ideas 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 paper writing enemy Anything that isn't writing is easy Jimmy Breslin easy writing 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 likely to be interesting. Jimmy Breslin new-york world interesting 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 funeral night firsts Media, the plural of mediocrity. Jimmy Breslin mediocrity media fun Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank. Jimmy Breslin marvelous firsts Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility. Jimmy Breslin credibility 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 missing want work
