“I write in seconds. I don’t stop. I don’t think. I simply write and when it comes, it flows and it makes sense because it’s genuine. I don’t understand thought-out poetry. It doesn’t seem real to me.”

Dominic Riccitello is an American journalist and author. He is known for his investigative reporting on organized crime and his work as a contributing editor for *The New York Times* and *Vanity Fair*. His writing often exposes systemic corruption and power structures in American society.