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I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start

I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I dont have a lot of sympathy for because Im just going to be with them too long. – Richard Russo

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I dont think theres a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because Ive got other stories to tell. – Richard Russo

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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

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About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldnt 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 werent good were good. – Richard Russo

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I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough theyd take sympathy on me. – Daniel Johns

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Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains. – Khalil Gibran

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Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well. – Henry Cabot Lodge

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Ive always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. Youre trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what thats about so you can represent it. – Edward Norton

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