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

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

I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.

People born in Queens, raised to say that each morning they get on the subway and "go to the city," have a resentment of Manhattan, of the swiftness of its life and success of the people who live there.

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.

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

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