Truth be told, Im not an easy man. I can be an entertaining one, though its been my experience that most people dont want to be entertained. They want to be comforted. – Richard Russo
People often ask me how I make things funny. I dont make things funny. – Richard Russo
If you work at comedy too laboriously, you can kill whats funny in the joke. – Richard Russo
Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me. – Richard Russo
I think its been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning. – P. J. ORourke