The only reason this country is different from any place else is that once in a great while, this huge, snobbish, generally untalented news reporting business stops covering stories of interest only to itself and actually serves the public. – Jimmy Breslin
Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets. – Jimmy Breslin
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. – Jimmy Breslin
When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. – Jimmy Breslin
The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night. – Howard Brenton