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.

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.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

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?

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

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