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.

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.

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.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

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

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