People often ask me how I make things funny. I dont make things funny. – Richard Russo
Movies have to handle time very efficiently. Theyre about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels arent necessarily about that. – Richard Russo
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
Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me. – Richard Russo
One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and again. That is fine if it is what you want to do, but I would rather be locked in the trunk of my car with a weasel than write the same book every three years until I die. – Justin Cronin