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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 never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comics best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what hes doing is easy is an occupational hazard. – Richard Russo

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If my career continues along its current arc, people will probably look at me and see a writer who is obsessed with the relationship between rich and poor and with how the rich somehow or other always manage to betray the poor, even when they dont mean to. – Richard Russo

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At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I dont really think of myself as writing humor. Im simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious. – Richard Russo

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

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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery. – Edward Gibbon

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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then dont remember me at all. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

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If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, its much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems. – George Soros

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