Richard Russo
Richard Russo
Richard Russois an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 July 1949
CountryUnited States of America
Richard Russo quotes about
army glad loved motion newman paul wonderful
I loved the idea of having Paul Newman here, and that wonderful cast. I was particularly glad to see . . . that army of people, many of them local, who were set into motion by that film.
books bought cheap glasses good home noticed period suddenly though trouble wife year
About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.
experience people though truth
Truth be told, I'm not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though it's been my experience that most people don't want to be entertained. They want to be comforted.
american-novelist time tour
Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book.
expression people use
Have you ever noticed that when people use the expression 'I have to say', what follows usually needn't be said?
mistake people loyal
People sometimes get in the habit of being loyal to a mistake.
simple what-if new-friendship
What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?
heart people desire
After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become entrenched in defiance of logic, plausibility, and even the passage of time, as eternal as polished marble.
doors waiting
I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.
library world bookstores
Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.
travel home interesting
What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.
regret way world
I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?
feelings library ifs
I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.
growing-up kids parent
The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting to be anything but. Neither group ever succeeds.