Author: Richard Russo

Quotes

I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

- Richard Russo

My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination.

My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination.

- Richard Russo

I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody's fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about.

I think the darker aspect of my fiction-or anybody's fiction-is by its very nature somehow easier to talk about.

- Richard Russo

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling.

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling.

- Richard Russo

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth.

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth.

- Richard Russo

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

I read pretty voraciously. If it's good, I don't care what it is.

- Richard Russo

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

- Richard Russo

Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me.

- Richard Russo

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