Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me. – Richard Russo
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
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
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
I have a lady, shes a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. Were on the same page. Whenever that day happens when were not on the same page well move forward with it. Were interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third persons vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means. – Jon Hamm