Quote by Richard Russo
People often ask me how I make things funny. I dont make things fu

People often ask me how I make things funny. I dont make things funny. – Richard Russo

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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 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. – 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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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. – Mark Twain

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