All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirr…

- Jimmy Breslin

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

- Jimmy Breslin

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 interes…

- Jimmy Breslin

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

- Jimmy Breslin

Journalism should be truthful and entertaining. You know, with news and important facts you can entertain people too. Have a little humor. Life isn't…

- Jimmy Breslin

That's the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It's just the same enemy - blank paper.

- Jimmy Breslin

Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.

- Jimmy Breslin

The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover

- Jimmy Breslin

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

- Jimmy Breslin