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
book character self
A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing.
scary leaving easier
They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving,
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?
book secret trying
It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.
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.
writing thinking risk
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.
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.
thinking people cost
I think that if people are instructed about anything, it should be about the nature of cruelty. And about why people behave so cruelly to each other. And what kind of satisfactions they derive from it. And why there is always a cost, and a price to be paid.
graduation be-kind tire
Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.
library world bookstores
Bookstores, like libraries, are the physical manifestation of the wide world's longest, most thrilling conversation.
world sin this-world
There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original.
doors waiting
I was the one who did come through that door. You were the one she was waiting for.
sleep people brain
Sleep is over-rated. Have you ever noticed how it's always recommended to people anybody with half a brain can see need to wake up?