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I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland. ↗

— Richard Russo

#center #dublin #england #ever #had

I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of sympathy for because I'm just going to be with them too long. ↗

— Richard Russo

#because #books #caring #character #going

I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked? ↗

— Richard Russo

#copies #doors #earlier #extant #genuine

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard. ↗

— Richard Russo

#best #comedy #comic #doing #easy

I suppose all writers worry about the well running dry. ↗

— Richard Russo

#dry #i #running #suppose #well

I think a lot of what is going on with kids who get pushed too far and attempt either murder or suicide is that they are trying to deal with their own non-existence for the people who are supposed to care most for them. ↗

— Richard Russo

#care #deal #either #far #for the people

I think it would be harder for me not to write comedy because the comic view of things is the one that comes most naturally to me. ↗

— Richard Russo

#comedy #comes #comic #harder #i

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 to remain faithful to the text. You have to make changes. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #authors #book #changes #faithful

I've never written nearly as much about place as people seem to think I do. I just write about class. ↗

— Richard Russo

#class #i #i do #just #much

Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#days #devoted #diligently #divine #having