“In matters of affection, the rules of engagement at Empire High were detailed yet unambiguous, an extension of procedures established in junior… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“...the truth is, we never know for sure about ourselves. Who we'll sleep with if given the opportunity, who we'll betray in… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
To his surprise, she leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, a kiss so full of affection that it dispelled the… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Because the truth is, we never know for sure about ourselves. Who we'll sleep with if given the opportunity, who we'll betray… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“My mother had more than once remarked that my father was one of the war's casualties, that the Sam Hall who came… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Because the truth is, we never know for sure about ourselves. Who we'll sleep with if given the opportunity, who we'll betray… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“I don't now how you could not kid about love and still claim to have a sense of humor” — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“It was hard to imagine him in love. I knew that he and my mother must have once felt passion, since that… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“For fairness and loyalty, however important to the head, were issues that could seldom be squared in the human heart, at the… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“The problem with the contemplative life was that there was no end to contemplation, no fixed time limit after which thought had to be… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about—acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Miles couldn't help admiring women for their ability to dismiss the evidence of their senses. If that's what explained it. If it wasn't simply… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“Lucy, who apparently had no idea his girlfriend's father held him in such low regard, agreed with Noonan that he was pushing the envelope,… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“There was something about spending money they didn't really have that made him optimistic about more coming in.” — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Some authors have a very hard time understanding that in order to be faithful to the spirit of the book, it's almost always impossible… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense? — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
