Quotes by : Richard Russo

Stories worked much the same way…A false note at the beginning was much more costly than one nearer....

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or....

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just....

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's....

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply....

One of the odd things about middle age...was the strange decisions a man discovers he’s made by not....

I don't tell you this story today in order to encourage all of you in the class of '04 to find careers....

No, Sully'd decided long ago to abstain from all but the most general forms of regret. He allowed himself....

I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't....

Max would conclude, "that's who I want to be. The pope. And I'll do the same thing he does. I'll keep....