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
Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me. – Richard Russo
My books are elegiac in the sense that theyre odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. – 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
The game in beauty is changing so much, if your product isnt high tech or cant make a unique performance claim – plump your lips, reduce your lines, look glossy, and stay on for 24 hours – you cant go to market today. Im not just talking about a $20 lipstick, but a $5 lipstick! – Andrea Jung