“Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?” BoringSentencesNewspapersSo Boring Author:Jimmy Breslin
“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” WritingQualityRageNewspapersColumnsNewspapers Journalism Author:Jimmy Breslin
“A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read.” PeopleMatterJobsFoundHoursSpecialProductsDown AndNewspapersJournalismSpecial Things Author:Jimmy Breslin
“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.” WritingSaidJobsNewspapersMagazinesBeerCigaretteDrankHookedBustedSaloons Author:Jimmy Breslin
