Pete Hamill's Quotes

In 1962, I wrote a series about 42nd Street called 'Welcome to Lostville.' One result was that the young Bob Dylan read it and invited me to his first concert at Town Hall; the result was a kind of friendship that years later led to my liner notes for 'Blood on the Tracks.'

Pete Hamill

Vietnam should have taught us that nationalism, with its engines of independence and self-determination, is a more powerful force by far than Marxism and must be understood and respected.

Pete Hamill

As a master of graphic creation, as teacher, historian, and roving ambassador of comics, Jerry Robinson has ensured that future generations of talented kids will continue to imagine and then put marks on paper.

Pete Hamill

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

Pete Hamill

You will never have enough space in a tabloid paper to compete with the 'New York Times' on foreign coverage.

Pete Hamill