Quote by Richard Russo
At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I dont really think of myse

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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My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired. – Richard Russo

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dad
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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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Nature
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If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill whats funny in the joke. – Richard Russo

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Maybe theres a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people. – Robert Altman

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Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just dont get it. – Lara Flynn Boyle

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Humor

Theres always a source for humor. – Calvin Trillin

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Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time. – Lynda Barry

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