Media, the plural of mediocrity.

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.

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

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.

Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.

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