“ «Y a Raymer, mientras la esperaba, le dio por pensar que esperar a una mujer que había olvidado algo era uno de los placeres más infravalorados de la vida.Cuántas veces, a punto de ir a cualquier luga… Richard Russo
“ You can't possibly judge your ability to control something until you've experienced the extremes of its capabilities. Do you understand? Richard Russo
“ Max would conclude, that's who I want to be. The pope. And I'll do the same thing he does. I'll keep all the goddamn money. Richard Russo
“ I don't tell you this story today in order to encourage all of you in the class of '04 to find careers in the music business, but rather to suggest what the next decade of your lives is likely to be a… Richard Russo
“ No, Sully'd decided long ago to abstain from all but the most general forms of regret. He allowed himself the vague wish that things had turned out differently, without blaming himself that they hadn'… Richard Russo
“ Since her retirement from teaching Miss Beryl's health had in many respects greatly improved, despite her advancing years. An eighth-grade classroom was an excellent place to snag whatever was in the… Richard Russo
“ My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. Richard Russo
“ Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that. Richard Russo
“ A plot, I used to remind my students, is not merely a sequence of events: A followed by B followed by C followed by D. Rather, it's a series of events linked by cause and effect: A causes B, which cau… Richard Russo
“ HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned. Richard Russo
“ The sad, fucking truth was that no matter who you are, you never, ever, get your fill. Richard Russo
“ Perfect silence. This in response to Sully's key being turned in the ignition of the pickup. Richard Russo
“ You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, it's because I really don't know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens… Richard Russo
“ Like I said, what makes people tick isn’t neccessarily what makes them good. Fast-forward, Richard Russo
“ Interesting, Miles thought. Like himself, Father Mark, as a child, had been reassured by the imagined proximity of God, whereas adults, perhaps because they so often were up to no good, took more comf… Richard Russo
